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mami en · NOUN · etymology 1

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish mami.

Meanings

  1. (Latin-America, Philippines) mommy, mother
  2. (Latin-America) attractive woman; momma
  3. (Latin-America) a term of affection for a woman

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mami en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog mami, from Hokkien. Doublet of bakmi.

Meanings

  1. (Philippines, uncountable) A soup dish of wheat noodles or cellophane noodles mixed with meat of either pork, chicken, pork liver, beef brisket, and/or fresh or dried seafood such as shrimp or squid, and/or wonton dumplings, and vegetables, such as cabbage, carrots, spring onion, etc.
    • When her awaited bus arrives, she passes up instant mami noodles for a chance to dip her hand in a box of old shoes. 2008, Priscelina Patajo-Legasto, Philippine Studies: Have We Gone Beyond St. Louis?, page 369:
    • One brought two boxes of instant mami noodles. 2003, Ma. Romina M. Gonzalez, Welostit and Other Stories, page 51:
    • A new era came in the 90's when the Generation Y (Gen Y), born in the mid-70's to mid-80's, started trickling into the urban development craze with the booming of malls and instant products from instant mami to instant coffee to instant beauty. 2013, Ed S. Teovisio, The 8 Streams of Confluent Learning to Personal Effectiveness, page 22:

Deriveds

pork mami · beef mami · seafood mami · pancit mami · chicken mami · instant mami

Synonyms

pancit mami