semur

English

Etymology

From Indonesian semur.

The Indonesian word comes from Dutch smoren ("to smother").

Noun

semur (plural semurs)

1. An Indonesian stew normally made with beef
   • 2016 July 5, Tejal Rao, “Ending the Ramadan Fast With an Indonesian Feast”, in New York Times‎:

     The semur is made the way Ms. Pratiwi’s grandmother and mother taught her to make it, though Ms. Pratiwi braises the beef more gently, in the oven, until it’s very tender and glistening all over with a dark, mellow sauce.

Anagrams

• resum, Reums, serum, Mureș, Remus, merus, muser, Muser, murse, mures, Sumer, Esrum

Indonesian

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semur

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Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦱꦼꦩꦸꦂ (semur), from Dutch smoor, smoren (“to braise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sə.ˈmʊr/
• Rhymes: -mʊr
• Hyphenation: sê‧mur

Noun

sêmur (plural semur-semur)

1. (cooking) semur: an Indonesian stew normally made with beef.

Derived terms

• disemur
• menyemur
• penyemuran

Descendants

• → English: semur

Further reading

• “semur” 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.

Javanese

Romanization

semur

1. Romanization of ꦱꦼꦩꦸꦂ