pleret

Borrowed from Javanese ꦥ꧀ꦭꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (plèrèt, “waterway descent; descent”), ꦭꦺꦫꦺꦠ꧀ (lèrèt, “row, line; rope used to cross with boat; means”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈplɛrɛt/ [ˈplɛ.rɛt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ɛrɛt
• Syllabification: ple‧ret

pleret (plural pleret-pleret)

1. rapids at the dam
2. (cooking) a snack made from steamed rice flour, kneaded with coconut milk, salt and sugar, pink or green colored, then molded using banana stems like a caterpillar by pressing them with your fingers, then steamed again, and served with grated coconut.

• “pleret” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

plēret

1. third-person singular imperfect active subjunctive of pleō