roti canai

Unadapted borrowing from Malay roti canai.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹəʊti ˈtʃɑnaɪ/
• (Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈroti ˈt͡ʃanaj/

roti canai (uncountable)

1. (Malaysia) An Indian-influenced flatbread found in Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia.
   • 2009 July 31, John Krich, “Roti Canai: Kuala Lumpur takes a flatbread to new heights”, in The Wall Street Journal‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 October 2015:

     "A good roti canai," Mr. Najib summarizes, "should be light, soft and buttery on the inside, flakey and slightly crunchy on the outside."

• (Singapore, southern Malaysia) roti prata

• roti canai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• raciation

• roti cane

Inherited from Malay roti canai. Reanalyzed as roti (“bread”) +‎ canai (“to stretch or push something pliable or elastic”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˌroti ˈt͡ʃanai̯/ [ˌro.t̪i ˈt͡ʃa.nai̯]
• Rhymes: -anai̯
• Syllabification: ro‧ti ca‧nai

roti canai (plural roti-roti canai)

1. roti canai

From roti (“bread”) +‎ canai (“to stretch or push something pliable or elastic”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈroti ˈt͡ʃanaj/ [ˈro.t̪i ˈt͡ʃa.nai̯]

roti canai (Jawi spelling روتي چاناي)

1. roti canai
   • 2006 February 3, Zabry Mohamad, “Roti canai, teh tarik tidak ke angkasa lepas? [Roti canai, teh tarik not going to outer space?]”, in Utusan Malaysia‎^[2], archived from the original on 29 December 2018:

     Mengulas lanjut katanya, roti canai mudah rapuh dan serpihan yang terapung di udara boleh memasuki ruang-ruang kecil dalam kapal angkasa seterusnya merosakkan sistemnya.

     He further commented that roti canai is easily brittle and fragments floating in the air can enter small spaces in the spaceship thereby damaging its system.

• > Indonesian: roti canai (inherited)
• → English: roti canai

• roti tisu, roti telur