spiku
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch spekkoek (“layer cake, sandwich cake”). Doublet of spekuk
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈspiku/ [ˈspi.ku]
- Rhymes: -iku
- Syllabification: spi‧ku
Noun
spiku (plural spiku-spiku)
- (cooking) layer cake, sandwich cake
- (cooking) spekkoek
- Synonyms: lapis legit, spekuk
Further reading
- “spiku” 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.