kwetiau

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kwəˈtiau̯/ [kwəˈt̪i.au̯]
• Rhymes: -au̯
• Syllabification: kwe‧ti‧au

Noun

kwétiau (plural kwetiau-kwetiau)

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

Alternative forms

• kuetiau (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “kwetiau”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016