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Where does “bami” come from?

bami (Dutch) comes from Indonesian bakmi, from Chinese bah-mī, from Chinese bah.

bami (Dutch): bakmi, wheat noodles; bakmi goreng

Definitions

  1. bakmi, wheat noodles; bakmi goreng

Ancestry of “bami”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianbakmibakmi, a type of semi-thick Chinese wheat noodle,...
2Chinesebah-mī—
3Chinesebah—
Every word from Chinese bah →