hiam
See also: hiâm
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Hokkien 薟/莶 (hiam, “spicy”).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
edithiam (comparative more hiam, superlative most hiam)
- (Singapore, colloquial) Of food: hot and spicy.
- 2011 Aug, “STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!”, in suituapui.wordpress.com[1], retrieved 12 August 2016:
- At best, it was just so-so – nothing like what we would cook for ourselves at home. It was not “hiam” enough probably from the lack of ginger or ginger juice and there was insufficient wine.
Anagrams
editHokkien
editFor pronunciation and definitions of hiam – see 薟 (“spicy; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 薟). |
Jarai
editAdjective
edithiam
References
editSiu, Lap Minh (2009 December) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai[2], Texas Tech University, page 79
Portuguese
editVerb
edithiam
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