Where does “sirikaya mandapaʼ” come from?

sirikaya mandapaʼ (Makasar) comes from Makasar sirikaya, from Malay serikaya.

sirikaya mandapaʼ (Makasar): a sweet dessert made of mashed plantains (unti bainang), eggs, and brown sugar boiled in water, which is mixed together and steamed

Definitions

  1. a sweet dessert made of mashed plantains (unti bainang), eggs, and brown sugar boiled in water, which is mixed together and steamed

Ancestry of “sirikaya mandapaʼ”, step by step

sirikaya mandapaʼ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Makasar sirikaya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarsirikayasugar apple; sweetsop a tree and its apple-like fruit
2Malayserikaya

via Makasar mandapaʼ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Makasarmandapaʼ
Every word from Malay serikayaEvery word from Makasar sirikaya
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