different between bami vs zami

English

Noun

bami (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of bammy (“Jamaican cassava flatbread”)

Anagrams

• ambi-, bima, iamb, imba

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Min Nan ????? (bah-m?) or indirectly via Indonesian bakmi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ba?.mi/
• Hyphenation: ba?mi
• Rhymes: -a?mi

Noun

bami m (uncountable)

1. bakmi, wheat noodles
2. bakmi goreng

Derived terms

• bami goreng
• bamischijf

Related terms

• mie

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bami/

Pronoun

• bami m (masc. plural bii, fem. bôko, fem. plural bee)

1. he; it (masculine)

Related terms

• hama
• naha
• himiggê
• beena

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

Unknown

Noun

bami

1. umbrella

References

• Mühlhäusler, Peter (1983). "Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin", in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh: The Social Context of Creolization, 28–76.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• mami

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien ????? (bah-m?). Compare Cebuano bam-i.

Noun

bami

1. flour noodles cooked with small pieces of meat or with prawns

English

Etymology

From French des amies

Noun

zami (plural zamis)

1. (Jamaican, slang) A lesbian.

References

• MS Encarta

Anagrams

• Ziam, Zima, zaim

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French ami (“friend”), compare Haitian Creole zanmi.

Noun

zami (plural zamis)

1. friend

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales