nigiri
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 握り (nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司 nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).
Noun
[edit]nigiri (uncountable)
- Regular sushi: a piece of raw fish (or other topping) on top of a small oblong brick of sticky white rice.
Translations
[edit]a regular sushi — see also sushi
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Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nigiri
Declension
[edit]Inflection of nigiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | nigiri | nigirit | ||
genitive | nigirin | nigirien | ||
partitive | nigiriä | nigirejä | ||
illative | nigiriin | nigireihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | nigiri | nigirit | ||
accusative | nom. | nigiri | nigirit | |
gen. | nigirin | |||
genitive | nigirin | nigirien | ||
partitive | nigiriä | nigirejä | ||
inessive | nigirissä | nigireissä | ||
elative | nigiristä | nigireistä | ||
illative | nigiriin | nigireihin | ||
adessive | nigirillä | nigireillä | ||
ablative | nigiriltä | nigireiltä | ||
allative | nigirille | nigireille | ||
essive | nigirinä | nigireinä | ||
translative | nigiriksi | nigireiksi | ||
abessive | nigirittä | nigireittä | ||
instructive | — | nigirein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading
[edit]- “nigiri”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]nigiri
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- niguiri (adapted)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Japanese 握り (nigiri, “grasping, gripping”, short for 握り寿司 nigirizushi, literally “gripped sushi” from the way the sushi rice is molded in the hand).
Noun
[edit]nigiri m (plural nigiris)
- (cooking) nigiri (Japanese dish consisting of a sweet, vinegary, boiled rice ball topped with a piece of raw fish or seafood)
Spanish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nigiri m (plural nigiris)
Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Japanese
- English terms derived from Japanese
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- en:Sushi
- Finnish terms borrowed from Japanese
- Finnish terms derived from Japanese
- Finnish 3-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɡiri
- Rhymes:Finnish/iɡiri/3 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Japanese
- Portuguese terms derived from Japanese
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Cooking
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/iɾi
- Rhymes:Spanish/iɾi/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns
- Spanish terms with quotations
- es:Foods