Etymology

Banlam

B3A1N1L1A1M3

Today it means: Synonym of Taiwanese (“variant of Hokkien spoken in Taiwan”). Full definition →

Hokkien 閩南 /闽南
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The story

  1. Hokkien · borrowed from閩南 /闽南“Hokkien”
  2. English todayBanlam

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

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.