English Explanatory Dictionary

lauriat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A special Chinese banquet with many courses and dishes (especially as served in the Philippines).

Pronunciation

/ˈlaʊ̯.ɾɪɐt̪̚/

Word forms

lauriat

Etymology

Ultimately from Philippine Hokkien 鬧熱 /闹热 (lāu-lia̍t, “bustling; filled with activity”), with semantic shift and slight phonological change due to /l/~/ɾ/ allophony in Hokkien.

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