tobiko

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese とびこ.

Noun

tobiko (uncountable)

1. The roe of flying fish used as food.
2. A nigirizushi (hand-formed sushi) made with roe of flying fish.

Anagrams

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Japanese 飛び子 (とびこ, tobiko, “roe of the flying fish”), from 飛魚 (とびうお, tobiuo, “flying fish”) + 子 (こ, ko, “roe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /to.bi.ko/
• Hyphenation: to‧bi‧ko

Noun

tobiko (first-person possessive tobikoku, second-person possessive tobikomu, third-person possessive tobikonya)

1. (cooking) roe of the flying fish.

Further reading

• “tobiko” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Japanese

Romanization

tobiko

1. Rōmaji transcription of とびこ