laba porridge
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.85 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A kind of congee traditionally made with 8 variable vegetarian flavorings and consumed during the Laba Festival.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In China, festivals are important occasions, when edibles and other gifts are presented and exchanged. In the few years of its existence, the factory has made it a practice to present at various festival times to each worker 10 dumplings, ½ catty of "mid-Autumn cake," ¼ catty of dried plums, ½ catty of sugar, [and] 10 cents for making "la-pa" porridge, a food to be taken on the eighth day of the last month in the year."
- "The Chinese have been eating laba porridge since the time of the Song Dynasty (960–1279). In those days, the central and local government as well as the monasteries would make laba porridge on every Laba Festival."
- "It is said that leftover Laba porridge is considered a good sign as it suggests that there will be leftovers every year..."
Etymology
A partial calque of the Mandarin form of Chinese 臘八粥 /腊八粥 (làbāzhōu), named for its association with the Laba Festival.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, 臘八粥