22 Dining Room and Kitchen Vocabularies in Indonesian

Nouns

1. Spoon = Sendok
2. Fork = Garpu
3. Knife = Pisau
4. Plate = Piring
5. Bowl = Mangkuk
6. Cup = Gelas, Cangkir
   Gelas is supposedly a loanword from Dutch, glas, meaning "glass." Although these two words have become somewhat interchangeable, you would tend to use gelas for glasswares and cangkir for cups made of ceramics or plastic.
7. Chopsticks = Sumpit
8. Skillet = Panci
9. Wok = Kuali
10. Spatula = Spatula
11. Stove= Kompor
12. Refrigerator = Kulkas
13. Food box = Kotak makan
14. Dining table= Meja makan
15. Tablecloth = Alas meja

 Verbs

1. To eat = Makan
   e.g. Makan di restoran
   "To eat in the restaurant"
   
   
2. To drink = Minum
   e.g. Minum di kafe
   "To drink in the café"
   
   
3. To cook = Masak
   e.g. Masak nasi
   "To cook rice"
   
   
4. To boil = Rebus
   e.g. Rebus mi
   "To boil noodle"
   
   
5. To steam = Kukus
   e.g. Kukus tahu
   "To steam tofu"
   
   
6. To stir fry = Tumis
   e.g. Tumis sayur
   "To stir fry vegetable"
   
   
7. To (deep) fry = Goreng
   e.g. Goreng telur
   "To fry egg"

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