kwetiau

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 粿條／粿条 (kóe-tiâu, “kway teow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kweˈtiau̯]
• Hyphenation: kwe‧ti‧au

Noun

kwétiau (plural kwetiau-kwetiau, first-person possessive kwetiauku, second-person possessive kwetiaumu, third-person possessive kwetiaunya)

1. (cooking) kway teow, a flat rice noodle.

Alternative forms

• kuetiau (Standard Malay)

Further reading

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