The story
From pork + mami, from a partial calque of Hokkien 豬肉麵 /猪肉面 (ti-mah-mī, “pork noodles”). See also Hokkien 豬肉 /猪肉 (ti-mah).
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pork mami
Today it means: a mami soup dish of noodles and pork Full definition →