Indulgences

1. Jaja

   General word for cakes and sweets

   Usage

   The dictionary defines it as rice cake or other sweets, usually crisp and coloured; dry jaja is common in offerings. The polite word is sanganan.

   Grammar Note

   Jaja is andap and sanganan is alus mider. It forms the first part of many cake names.

2. Laklak

   Small round rice-flour pancake

   Usage

   The dictionary describes a rice-flour cake about 5 cm across, baked on a clay tray, always served with sugar syrup and grated coconut.

   Grammar Note

   Laklak is an andap word; the dictionary entry describes in detail how it is baked.

3. Dodol

   Sticky sweet of glutinous rice, palm sugar and coconut

   Usage

   The dictionary describes a sticky-rice cake wrapped in corn husk and tied at both ends. A synonym is iwel jaje.

   Grammar Note

   Dodol is a mider word, the same at every speech level.

4. Klepon

   Rice dumpling filled with palm sugar

   Usage

   The dictionary (Indonesian gloss) describes small glutinous-rice dough balls filled with palm sugar, boiled and rolled in grated coconut.

   Grammar Note

   Klepon is an andap word.

5. Jaja uli

   Steamed sticky rice pounded with grated coconut

   Usage

   The dictionary (Indonesian gloss) describes a cake of sticky rice and grated coconut, steamed and then pounded smooth.

   Grammar Note

   Jaja is cake, and uli names the pounded sticky-rice type.

6. Lemper

   Steamed sticky rice in a banana-leaf wrapper

   Usage

   The dictionary has a headword but no definition; its related words are jaja, ketan (sticky rice), mekukus (steamed) and banana leaf.

   Grammar Note

   The dictionary does not give the filling; ask at the stall.

7. Tape

   Fermented sticky rice or cassava

   Usage

   The dictionary describes food made by fermenting starch with yeast, typically sticky rice, sometimes cassava, used in offerings or as a snack. It contains a little alcohol.

   Grammar Note

   Tape is an andap word.

8. Jaja kelpet

   Steamed rice-flour cake with banana (nagasari)

   Usage

   The dictionary translates it as nagasari cake, gives sumping as a synonym and lists flour, banana and leaf as related words.

   Grammar Note

   Kelpet is part of the cake name.

9. Jaja lukis

   Cassava jongkong cake

   Usage

   The dictionary only translates it as cassava jongkong snack, without a longer description.

   Grammar Note

   Lukis is part of the name; the dictionary does not explain it.

10. Titiang numbas jaja

    I will buy some cakes

    Usage

    At a market or stall when buying cakes. Numbas is the polite word for one's own buying. The sentence is built from verified words.

    Grammar Note

    Numbas is the nasalised form of tumbas, the alus mider word for buy.

11. Titiang nunas laklak

    I would like laklak

    Usage

    To order laklak at a stall. The sentence is built from verified words.

    Grammar Note

    Nunas is used for one's own request.

12. Jaja puniki manis sajan

    This cake is very sweet

    Usage

    To comment on how sweet a cake is. The sentence is built from verified words.

    Grammar Note

    Manis and sajan are used the same way on the food cards.

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