tokneneng

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • tukneneng

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/ [t̪okˈn̪ɛː.n̪ɛŋ]
  • Rhymes: -eneŋ
  • Syllabification: tok‧ne‧neng

Noun

tokneneng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜈᜒᜅ᜔)

  1. tokneneng (tempura-like Filipino street food made by deep-frying orange batter covered hard-boiled chicken or duck egg)

See also

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