Ngapi

Quick meaning: Ngapi is a noun meaning (cooking) A pungent Burmese condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp paste.

Meaning

(cooking) A pungent Burmese condiment made from fermented and compressed fish or shrimp paste.

Example Sentences

The rivers and lakes abound with fish, from which the inhabitants prepare their favourite condiment of ngapee.

Passing by Henzada, because intending to return thither, we went on to Yangdoon or Nyoungdoon, a large and thriving ports celebrated for its fishing trade. Of this fact we were soon abundantly convinced by the abominable smell of nga-pee, a kind of dried and putrid fish, of which the Burmese are particularly fond; nor by that circumstance alone, for we counted a hundred and twenty large trading vessels anchored along the bank.

Word Forms

• ngapee
• nga-pee

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