kasiak balado

Minangkabau

FWOTD – 11 August 2025

Etymology

From kasiak (“sand”) +‎ balado (“spiced with chili pepper”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kasiə̯ʔ balado/, [kaˈsiə̯ʔ ba.laˈdo]

Noun

kasiak balado

  1. a mixture of sand and chili pepper used as blinding powder
    • 2015 [1960], Syamsuddin St. Rajo Endah, Kaba Cindua Mato [The Tale of Cindua Mato]‎[1], Bukittinggi: Kristal Multimedia:
      = […] manjapuik harato rampasan, banyaklah harato nan dapek, padang galewang tombak panah, karih sakin rencong cumati, cukuik dangan umban batu, tali kayu nan basangkak, sarato sumpitan kasiak balado, […]
      […] collecting the booty, so many treasures they got: swords and klewangs, spears and arrows, krises and knives, rencongs and whips, complete with slingshots and projectiles, ropes and wooden traps, as well as blowguns with blinding powder, […]

Further reading

  • van der Toorn, J. L. (1891), “kasiĕء‎”, in Minangkabausch-Maleisch-Nederlandsch woordenboek [Minangkabau-Malay-Dutch dictionary] (in Dutch), 's Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, pages 277–278
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