hiam

See also: hiâm

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 薟／莶 (hiam, “spicy”).

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /hjʌm(˦)/

Adjective

hiam (comparative more hiam, superlative most hiam)

1. (Singapore, colloquial, of food) hot and spicy.
   • 2011 Aug, “STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!”, in suituapui.wordpress.com‎^[1], retrieved 12 August 2016:

     At best, it was just so-so – nothing like what we would cook for ourselves at home. It was not “hiam” enough probably from the lack of ginger or ginger juice and there was insufficient wine.

Anagrams

• Ha-mi, Hami, MIHA, Miah

Hokkien

For pronunciation and definitions of hiam – see 薟 (“spicy; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 薟).

Jarai

Adjective

hiam

1. beautiful
2. good, fine

References

Siu, Lap Minh (2009 December) Developing the First Preliminary Dictionary of North American Jarai‎^[2], Texas Tech University, page 79

Portuguese

Verb

hiam

1. Obsolete spelling of iam.