tokneneng
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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From the 1978 Pinoy comic series, Batute, whose main character Batute uses the term tokneneng to mean “egg”. Compare Hokkien 卵 (nňg, “egg”).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tokˈneneŋ/
- Rhymes: -eneŋ
- Syllabification: tok‧ne‧neng
Noun
tokneneng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜈᜒᜅ᜔)
- tokneneng (tempura-like Filipino street food made by deep-frying orange batter covered hard-boiled chicken or duck egg)