nasi lemak

Borrowed from Malay nasi lemak (literally “rice with fat”).

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.

• nasi uduk
• nasi dagang

• nasi lemak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌnasi ləˈmak/ [ˌna.si ləˈmak̚]
• Rhymes: -ak
• Syllabification: na‧si le‧mak

nasi lemak (uncountable)

1. nasi lemak (rice dish)

Compound of nasi (“rice”) +‎ lemak (“grease; fat”), literally “grease rice”.

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /ˌnasi ləˈmak/ [ˌna.si ləˈmaʔ]

• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˌnasik ləˈmak/ [ˌna.siʔ ləˈmaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: na‧si le‧mak

nasi lemak (Jawi spelling ناسي لمق)

1. nasi lemak^[1] (rice dish)
2. (anatomy, Malaysia, slang) boob, breast

   Synonyms: buah dada, payudara, tetek

• “nasi lemak”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017