bami
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See also: bam-i
English[edit]
Noun[edit]
bami (uncountable)
- Alternative form of bammy (“Jamaican cassava flatbread”)
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hokkien 肉麵/肉面 (bah-mī) or indirectly via Indonesian bakmi.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bami m (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
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Hadza[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
bami m (masc. plural bii, fem. bôko, fem. plural bee)
Related terms[edit]
Samoan Plantation Pidgin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unknown
Noun[edit]
bami
References[edit]
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Hokkien 肉麵/肉面 (bah-mī). Compare Cebuano bam-i, Javanese ꦧꦏ꧀ꦩꦶ (bakmi), Dutch bami. See also Hokkien 牛肉麵/牛肉面 (gû-bah-mī, “beef noodles”). Possible doublet of mami.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bami or bamì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜋᜒ)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 14
- Zorc, David Paul (1979–1983) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 1, page 38
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