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bowl of lau kui

bowl of lau kui

9.9
A portion of lau kui served hot in a bowl
  • noun
translation icon : tazón de lau kui
  • Can I have a bowl of lau kui with extra spices?

Examples

  • I ordered a bowl of lau kui at the new Asian restaurant downtown.

  • She offered her guests a bowl of lau kui as part of the meal.

  • After a long hike, nothing sounded better than a hot bowl of lau kui.

  • I ordered a bowl of lau kui for lunch.

  • After a long hike, nothing sounded better than a hot bowl of lau kui.

  • I ordered a bowl of lau kui at the new Asian restaurant downtown.

  • She offered her guests a bowl of lau kui as part of the meal.

Synonyms

lau kui
vsbowl of lau kui
  • Philippine
9.9

A spicy homemade dish from a region that people often eat at family meals

is a single served portion of that dish rather than the full recipe

Surface Forms

bowl of lau kui singular
bowls of lau kui plural

Morphology

bowl + of + lau + kui

The construction 'bowl of X' is fully compositional and transparent: it signals a bowl containing whatever 'lau kui' names. However, 'lau kui' appears to be a language-specific dish name (not analyzable from 'lau' + 'kui' in English), so the specific content and culinary meaning are not derivable without knowing that lexical item. Because the grammatical structure is transparent but the key lexical component is an unanalyzable proper name/loanword, the phrase is best judged semi-transparent.

Etymology

Bowl of lau kui comes from the simple way the food is served: a round bowl holding one portion of lau kui. That's why it means 'a serving of the dish known as lau kui'.