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Macanese
Etymology
Almost certainly borrowed from Japanese 餅 (mochi). Unclear whether alteration of the first vowel may have been influenced by Okinawan 餅 (mūchī) and/or a dialectal form in Japanese, or it may have happened internally in Macanese; compare fucinho and Portuguese focinho (“snout”).
Noun
múchi
- mochi (rice cake made from glutinous rice and filled with desiccated coconut, roasted beans and sesame)
- Synonyms: apa-muchi, apa-muchi-coco
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