Kopitiamとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• kopi tiam

語源

Borrowed from Malay kopitiam, from Hokkien 咖啡店 (ko-pi-tiàm), in turn from Malay kopi (“coffee”).

発音

• (Singapore, Malaysia) IPA: /ˈkopitjam/, /-ɪtjam/, [ˈko˧.pi.˧.tjam˦], (Hokkien pronunciation) [k˭o˦.p˭i˦.t˭jam˨˩], [k˭o˨.p˭i˨.t˭jam˨˩]
• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈkɒpɪˌtiːəm/, /ˌkɒpɪˈtiːəm/, /ˈkəʊ-/

名詞

kopitiam (plural kopitiams)

1. (Malaysia, Singapore) A traditional style of eatery having public seating and multiple vendors selling Chinese, Indian, and Malay food. [from 20th c.]
   • 2008, Preeta Samarasan, Evening is the Whole Day, Fourth Estate, page 23:

     Bustling kopitiams sprouted around derelict whiskey bars like toadstools around rotting logs.