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beef mami

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.79 in modern English

Syllables
beef -ma-mi
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

a mami soup dish of noodles and beef

Uncountable

Etymology

From beef + mami, from a partial calque of Hokkien 牛肉麵 /牛肉面 (gû-mah-mī, “beef noodles”). See also Hokkien 牛肉 (gû-mah).

Usage

Phrases

chicken mami instant mami pancit mami pork mami

Frequently Paired Words

chicken mami instant mami pancit mami pork mami

Questions

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

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