Comments on: The five foot way of Georgetown, Penang https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-five-foot-way-of-georgetown-penang/ Travel blog featuring transport and accommodation guides in Southeast Asia Fri, 27 Sep 2024 07:42:21 +0000 hourly 1 By: Chong Hye Ong https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-five-foot-way-of-georgetown-penang/#comment-113245 Sun, 07 May 2017 03:49:00 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=2760#comment-113245 In reply to cocoabean.

It is a Penang Hokkien expression describing the paved walkway that front a covered terrace with overhanging first floor room(s) above. Kaki Lima is the Malay translation of the term.

]]> By: cocoabean https://www.nomadicnotes.com/the-five-foot-way-of-georgetown-penang/#comment-80727 Tue, 01 Sep 2015 03:21:04 +0000 http://www.nomadicnotes.com/?p=2760#comment-80727 Kaki lima? Are you sure it is a measure of length? In Indonesia “kaki lima” is a common slang term for an itinerant vendor pushing a cooked food cart with a peg-stand…total, “five legs” or “five feet”.

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