tobiko
English
editEtymology
editNoun
edittobiko (uncountable)
- The roe of flying fish used as food.
- A nigirizushi (hand-formed sushi) made with roe of flying fish.
Anagrams
editIndonesian
editEtymology
editFrom Japanese 飛び子 (とびこ, tobiko, “roe of the flying fish”), from 飛魚 (とびうお, tobiuo, “flying fish”) + 子 (こ, ko, “roe”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittobiko (first-person possessive tobikoku, second-person possessive tobikomu, third-person possessive tobikonya)
- (cooking) roe of the flying fish.
Further reading
edit- “tobiko” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
editRomanization
edittobiko
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