Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

banlam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ban-lam
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Taiwanese (“variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan”).

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 閩南 /闽南 (Bân-lâm, “Hokkien”).

Word Breakdown

Root: 閩南

Inflected Forms

Banlamese (alternative) Banlamgu (alternative) Banlamoe (alternative) Banlamgunese (alternative) Banlamoenese (alternative)

Synonyms

Taiwanese Hoklo Fukien Fukienese

Questions

What does banlam mean?: Synonym of Taiwanese (“variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan”).
Where does banlam come from?: Borrowed from Hokkien 閩南 /闽南 (Bân-lâm, “Hokkien”).

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