otak-otak

English

otak-otak

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay otak-otak, plural of otak (“brain”), from the resemblance in appearance.

Pronunciation

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [ˈotaʔ ˌotaʔ]

Noun

otak-otak (countable and uncountable, plural otak-otaks)

1. (Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore) Grilled fish cake wrapped inside a banana leaf; a popular snack food in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore.

Translations

snack

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 窩咑／窝咑 (zh) (wōdā)

Malay

Noun

otak-otak

1. plural of otak: brains
2. otak-otak (snack)