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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rumaki

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ru-ma-ki
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A mock-Polynesian hors d'oeuvre, usually made from water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Unknown; possibly related to Japanese 春巻き (“spring roll”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

rumakis (plural) rumake (alternative)

Questions

What does rumaki mean?
A mock-Polynesian hors d'oeuvre, usually made from water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar.
Where does rumaki come from?
Unknown; possibly related to Japanese 春巻き (“spring roll”).

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