Tembosa
from cina
Verified
Standard
noun
kuliner
Locus
From cina
Definition
A pastry made from flour filled with meat, dried shrimp, or other fillings.
Etymology
A loanword from Chinese (Hokkien) 'tiam-sim' or similar culinary variations referring to filled pastries. It entered the Indonesian vocabulary through Chinese-Indonesian culinary acculturation, undergoing phonetic adaptation to 'tembosa' over time.
Semantic Category
Physical locations or objects that can be a target/destination (e.g., pasar, sekolah).
Locus