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
- Hyphenation: tok‧ne‧neng
- IPA(key): /tokˈneneŋ/, [tokˈne.neŋ]
Noun
tokneneng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜈᜒᜅ᜔)
- tokneneng (tempura-like Filipino street food made by deep-frying orange batter covered hard-boiled chicken or duck egg)
See also
- kwek kwek