beef mami

noun

a mami soup dish of noodles and beef

Meanings

nounbeef mami (uncountable)
  1. Philippinesuncountablea mami soup dish of noodles and beef

Origin

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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