nigiri
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 握り (nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司 nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).
Noun edit
nigiri (uncountable)
- Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.
Translations edit
a regular sushi — see also sushi
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nigiri
Declension edit
Inflection of nigiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nigiri | nigirit | ||
genitive | nigirin | nigirien | ||
partitive | nigiriä | nigirejä | ||
illative | nigiriin | nigireihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nigiri | nigirit | ||
accusative | nom. | nigiri | nigirit | |
gen. | nigirin | |||
genitive | nigirin | nigirien | ||
partitive | nigiriä | nigirejä | ||
inessive | nigirissä | nigireissä | ||
elative | nigiristä | nigireistä | ||
illative | nigiriin | nigireihin | ||
adessive | nigirillä | nigireillä | ||
ablative | nigiriltä | nigireiltä | ||
allative | nigirille | nigireille | ||
essive | nigirinä | nigireinä | ||
translative | nigiriksi | nigireiksi | ||
abessive | nigirittä | nigireittä | ||
instructive | — | nigirein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “nigiri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
nigiri
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
- niguiri (adapted)
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Japanese 握り (nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司 nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).
Noun edit
nigiri m (plural nigiris)
- (cooking) nigiri (Japanese dish consisting of a sweet, vinegary, boiled rice ball topped with a piece of raw fish or seafood)
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nigiri m (plural nigiris)