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Indonesian
Etymology
Compound of nasi + kepal, calque of Japanese お握り. Attested before 1985.
Pronunciation
Noun
nasi kepal (first-person possessive nasi kepalku, second-person possessive nasi kepalmu, third-person possessive nasi kepalnya)
- any rice ball
- onigiri
- golong rice
Synonyms
Malay
Etymology
Compound of nasi + kepal, calque of Japanese お握り.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nasi kəpal, nasiʔ kəpal/
Noun
nasi kepal (plural nasi-nasi kepal, informal 1st possessive nasi kepalku, 2nd possessive nasi kepalmu, 3rd possessive nasi kepalnya)
- any rice ball
- onigiri;[1] sometimes an ellipsis of nasi kepal Jepun.
- Synonym: onigiri
References
- ^ Thaiyibah Sulaiman, Yoko Kami (1997) Nahu Bahasa Jepun, →ISBN, page 466
Further reading
- Wilkinson, Richard James. An Abridged Malay-English Dictionary. Macmillan. 1965.