laksa
- (in Malaysia) a dish of Chinese origin consisting of rice noodles served in curry or hot soup
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Word Origin
from Malay: ten thousand
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Tens of thousands (laksa) are the highest class of numbers the Malay language has a name for.
The History of SumatraWilliam Marsden