apam

See also: apám

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

apam

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Alternative forms

• apang, apem

Etymology

Inherited from Malay apam, from Tamil ஆப்பம் (āppam).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈapam]
• Hyphenation: apam

Noun

apam (plural apam-apam)

1. (cooking) appam: a thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut

Derived terms

• mengapam

Descendants

• → Ternate: apang

Further reading

• “apam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:

apam

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Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil ஆப்பம் (āppam).

Noun

apam (Jawi spelling اڤم, plural apam-apam or apam²)

1. (cooking) appam: a thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut.

Descendants

• > Indonesian: apam, apang, apem (inherited)
  • → Ternate: apang

Further reading

• "apam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tausug

Etymology

From Malay apam, from Tamil ஆப்பம் (āppam, “appam”).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /ʔapam/ [ʔɑˈpam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: a‧pam

Noun

apam (Sulat Sūg spelling اَفَمْ)

1. pancake
2. appam: a thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut.
3. (Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia) apam balik: a common dessert of folded stuffed pancake with varied textures from one that is akin to a crispier form of crumpets to small thin light pancake shells that break when bitten. Other names for the dessert are: Tarambulan,Tarang Bulan,Terang Bulan, Apam, Apam Saba and Apam Sabah.

Yakan

Etymology

From Tausug apam, from Malay apam, from Tamil ஆப்பம் (āppam, “appam”).

Noun

apam

1. pancake
2. appam: a thin South Asian pancake made from rice flour and coconut.
3. apam balik: a common dessert of folded stuffed pancake with varied textures from one that is akin to a crispier form of crumpets to small thin light pancake shells that break when bitten. Other names for the dessert are: Tarambulan,Tarang Bulan,Terang Bulan, Apam, Apam Saba and Apam Sabah.