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otak-otak

[ˈotaʔ ˌotaʔ]

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.07 in modern English

Syllables
otak-o-tak
IPA
[ˈotaʔ ˌotaʔ]
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Grilled fish cake wrapped inside a banana leaf; a popular snack food in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay otak-otak, plural of otak (“brain”), from the resemblance in appearance.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

otak-otaks (plural) otah-otah (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce otak-otak?
The recorded pronunciation is [ˈotaʔ ˌotaʔ].
What does otak-otak mean?
Grilled fish cake wrapped inside a banana leaf; a popular snack food in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.
Where does otak-otak come from?
Borrowed from Malay otak-otak, plural of otak (“brain”), from the resemblance in appearance.

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