bakmi

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian bakmi.

Noun

bakmi (uncountable)

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

Translations

type of noodle or dish

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 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

Borrowed from Hokkien 肉麵／肉面 (bah-mī). Compare Dutch bami, Tagalog bami / mami, Cebuano bam-i. See also Hokkien 牛肉麵／牛肉面 (gû-bah-mī).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bakmi

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

Alternative forms

• bahmi (pre-1947)

Descendants

• → Dutch: bami
• → English: bakmi

Further reading

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