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rumaki

rumaki noun: a mock-Polynesian hors d'oeuvre, usually made from water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar.

rumaki: a mock-Polynesian hors d'oeuvre, usually made from water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken...
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Noun

rumaki (countable and uncountable, plural rumakis)

  1. A mock-Polynesian hors d'oeuvre, usually made from water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar.

Forms of rumaki

pluralrumakis
alternative formrumake

Origin of rumaki

Unknown; possibly related to Japanese 春巻き (“spring roll”).

Questions about rumaki

What does rumaki mean?
Rumaki means a mock-Polynesian hors d'oeuvre, usually made from water chestnuts and pieces of duck or chicken liver wrapped in bacon and marinated in soy sauce and either ginger or brown sugar.
What part of speech is rumaki?
Rumaki is a noun.
What is the plural of rumaki?
The plural of rumaki is rumakis.

Words near rumaki in the dictionary

  1. rum-tums
  2. Rum-ville
  3. Rumadiya
  4. Rumadiyah
  5. rumake
  6. rumaki
  7. rumakis
  8. rumal
  9. rumall
  10. rumalls
  11. rumals

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