hiam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 薟／莶 (hiam, “spicy”).

Pronunciation

  • (Singapore) IPA(key): /hɪʌm/

Adjective

hiam (comparative more hiam, superlative most hiam)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial) Of food: hot and spicy.
    • 2011 Aug, “STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS!”, in suituapui.wordpress.com‎, retrieved 12 Aug 2016:
      At best, it was just so-so – nothing like what we would cook for ourselves at home. It was not “hiam” enough probably from the lack of ginger or ginger juice and there was insufficient wine.

Anagrams

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Verb

hiam

  1. Obsolete spelling of iam
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