bami

See also: bam-i

English

Noun

bami (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of bammy (“Jamaican cassava flatbread”)

Anagrams

• ambi-, bima, iamb, imba

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 肉麵／肉面 (bah-mī) or indirectly via Indonesian bakmi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaː.mi/

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• Hyphenation: ba‧mi
• Rhymes: -aːmi

Noun

bami m (uncountable)

1. bakmi, wheat noodles
2. bakmi goreng

Derived terms

• bami goreng
• bamihap
• bamischijf

 

Related terms

• mie

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bami/

Pronoun

bami m (masc. plural bii, fem. bôko, fem. plural bee)

1. he; it (masculine)

Related terms

• hama
• naha
• himiggê
• beena

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

Unknown

Noun

bami

1. umbrella

References

• 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

Etymology

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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbami/ [ˈba.mɪ], /ˈbamiʔ/ [ˈba.mɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -ami, -amiʔ
• Syllabification: ba‧mi

Noun

bami or bamì (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜋᜒ)

1. flour noodles cooked with small pieces of meat or with prawns

Related terms

• bataw
• batsoy
• batutay
• humba
• lomi
• lukba
• mami
• matsang
• miswa
• ramen
• tsami
• tsawmin

 

References

• 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