nasi lemak

English

nasi lemak

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay nasi lemak (literally “rice with fat”).

Noun

nasi lemak (uncountable)

1. A fragrant rice dish cooked with coconut milk and pandan leaf, commonly found in Malaysia and neighbouring areas with significant Malay populations.
   • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 117:

     The man across the aisle bought a packet of nasi lemak.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 椰漿飯 / 椰浆饭 (je⁴ zoeng¹ faan⁶)

  Mandarin: 椰漿飯 / 椰浆饭 (yējiāngfàn, yéjiāngfàn)

• Indonesian: nasi lemak
• Japanese: ナシレマッ
• Malay: nasi lemak (ms)
• Polish: nasi lemak n

See also

• nasi uduk
• nasi dagang

Further reading

• nasi lemak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nasi lemak, from nasi (“rice”) +‎ lemak (“grease; fat”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌnasi ləˈmak/ [ˌna.si ləˈmak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: na‧si le‧mak

Noun

nasi lemak (uncountable)

1. nasi lemak (rice dish)

Malay

Alternative forms

• silomak (eye dialect, rare)

Etymology

Compound of nasi (“rice”) +‎ lemak (“grease; fat”), literally “grease rice”.

Pronunciation

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˌnasi ləˈmak/ [ˌna.si ləˈmaʔ]

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˌnasik ləˈmak/ [ˌna.siʔ ləˈmaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: na‧si le‧mak

Noun

nasi lemak (Jawi spelling ناسي لمق, uncountable)

1. nasi lemak (rice dish)
2. (anatomy, Malaysia, slang) boob, breast

   Synonyms: buah dada, payudara, tetek

Further reading

• "nasi lemak" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017