Tembosa

from cina

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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.

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