kopitiam

• kopi tiam

Borrowed from Malay kopitiam, from Hokkien 咖啡店 (ko-pi-tiàm).

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

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.

From Malay kopitiam, from Hokkien 咖啡店 (ko-pi-tiàm).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kopiˈtiam/ [ko.piˈt̪i.am]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: ko‧pi‧ti‧am

kopitiam (plural kopitiam-kopitiam)

1. coffee shop

   Synonym: kedai kopi

• kopi tiam

• “kopitiam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• kopi tiam

From Hokkien 咖啡店 (ko-pi-tiàm).

• IPA^(key): /koˈpitjam/ [koˈpi.t̪jam]
• Rhymes: -iam, -am
• Hyphenation: ko‧pi‧tiam

kopitiam (Jawi spelling کوڤيتيام, plural kopitiam-kopitiam)

1. coffee shop

   Synonym: kedai kopi

• Indonesian: kopitiam
• → English: kopitiam, kopi tiam

• "kopitiam" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
• “kopitiam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.