nasi lemak
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Malay nasi lemak.
Noun
[edit]nasi lemak (uncountable)
- A fragrant rice dish cooked with coconut milk and pandan leaf, commonly found in Malaysia and neighboring 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.
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See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]nasi lemak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Malay nasi lemak, from nasi (“rice”) + lemak (“grease; fat”).
Noun
[edit]nasi lemak (first-person possessive nasi lemakku, second-person possessive nasi lemakmu, third-person possessive nasi lemaknya)
- nasi lemak (rice dish)
Malay
[edit]Etymology
[edit]nasi (“rice”) + lemak (“grease; fat”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nasi lemak (Jawi spelling ناسي لمق, informal 1st possessive nasi lemakku, 2nd possessive nasi lemakmu, 3rd possessive nasi lemaknya)
- nasi lemak (rice dish)
Further reading
[edit]- "nasi lemak" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “nasi lemak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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