gado-gado

Indonesian

Etymology

From Betawi gado-gado, reduplication of gado, from Javanese gado.

Noun

gado-gado (first-person possessive gado-gadoku, second-person possessive gado-gadomu, third-person possessive gado-gadonya)

1. a traditional dish in Indonesian cuisine (originally Betawi cuisine), a vegetable salad served with a peanut sauce dressing.
2. (colloquial) A confused mass of ingredients mixed together: hodgepodge

Further reading

• “gado-gado” 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.