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pork mami

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.78 in modern English

Syllables
pork -ma-mi
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a mami soup dish of noodles and pork

Uncountable

Etymology

From pork + mami, from a partial calque of Hokkien 豬肉麵 /猪肉面 (ti-mah-mī, “pork noodles”). See also Hokkien 豬肉 /猪肉 (ti-mah).

Usage

Phrases

beef mami chicken mami instant mami pancit mami

Frequently Paired Words

beef mami chicken mami instant mami pancit mami

Questions

What does pork mami mean?
a mami soup dish of noodles and pork
Where does pork mami come from?
From pork + mami, from a partial calque of Hokkien 豬肉麵 /猪肉面 (ti-mah-mī, “pork noodles”). See also Hokkien 豬肉 /猪肉 (ti-mah).

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