bakmi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian bakmi.

Noun

bakmi (uncountable)

A type of semi-thick Chinese wheat noodle, or a dish chiefly composed of them.

Translations

type of noodle or dish

Chinese:
Min Nan: 肉麵／肉面 (bah-mī)
Dutch: bami (nl) m
Esperanto: bamio
Indonesian: bakmi (id)
Javanese: bakmi (jv)
Thai: บะหมี่ (th) (bà-mìi)

Anagrams

Kimba

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 肉麵／肉面 (bah-mī), from 肉 (bah, “meat, flesh; pork”) + 麵／面 (mī, “noodles”). See also Hokkien 牛肉麵／牛肉面 (gû-bah-mī), where 牛 (gû, “beef”) may have simply been omitted from.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bak.mi/
Hyphenation: bak‧mi

Noun

bakmi

bakmi, a type of semi-thick Chinese wheat noodle, or a dish chiefly composed of them..

Descendants

→ Dutch: bami
→ English: bakmi

Further reading

“bakmi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

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