pork mami

noun

a mami soup dish of noodles and pork

Meanings

nounpork mami (uncountable)
  1. Philippinesuncountablea mami soup dish of noodles and pork

Origin

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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