nasi lemak

English

nasi lemak

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay nasi lemak.

Noun

nasi lemak (uncountable)

1. A fragrant rice dish cooked with coconut milk and pandan leaf, commonly found in Malaysia and neighbouring areas with significant Malay populations.
   • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 117:

     The man across the aisle bought a packet of nasi lemak.

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 椰漿飯 / 椰浆饭 (je⁴ zoeng¹ faan⁶)

  Mandarin: 椰漿飯 / 椰浆饭 (yējiāngfàn, yéjiāngfàn)

• Indonesian: nasi lemak
• Japanese: ナシレマッ
• Malay: nasi lemak (ms)

See also

• nasi uduk
• nasi dagang

Further reading

• nasi lemak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay nasi lemak, from nasi (“rice”) +‎ lemak (“grease; fat”).

Noun

nasi lemak (uncountable)

1. nasi lemak (rice dish)

Malay

Etymology

nasi (“rice”) +‎ lemak (“grease; fat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /na.si lə.maʔ/

Noun

nasi lemak (Jawi spelling ناسي لمق, informal 1st possessive nasi lemakku, 2nd possessive nasi lemakmu, 3rd possessive nasi lemaknya)

1. nasi lemak (rice dish)

Further reading

• "nasi lemak" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “nasi lemak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.