 For example, "teh" is the Malay word for 'tea' which itself originated from Hokkien, "peng" is the Hokkien word for 'ice', "kosong" is the Malay word for 'zero' to indicate no sugar, and "C" refers to 'Carnation', a brand of evaporated milk.Names of common local dishes in Singapore hawker centres are usually referred to in local dialect or language.However, as there are no English words for certain food items, the dialect terms used for them have slowly evolved into part of the Singlish vocabulary.