onigiri

See also: Onigiri

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese お握り (onigiri).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊ.nɪˈɡɪɹ.i/

• Audio (General American):

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Noun

onigiri (plural onigiris or onigiri)

1. A Japanese food made by putting ingredients into white rice, wrapping the outside with laver, and shaping it into a triangle.
   • 2007 January 28, “Island Within an Island”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     The sprawling multipage menu offers cleanly executed dishes meant to accompany the sake, including standards like boiled edamame, and the filling rice balls called onigiri that you would expect at any izakaya, or Japanese pub.

   • 2009, Kiyo Sato, Kiyo's Story:

     He cooks his breakfast of rice and misoshiru and packs onigiri rice balls for his lunch.

Synonyms

• musubi
• omusubi
• Japanese rice ball

Translations

Japanese rice ball

• Amharic: ኦኒጊሪ (ʾonigiri)
• Arabic: أُونِيجِيرِي (ʔūnījīrī)
• Armenian: ոնիգիրի (onigiri)
• Bengali: ওনিগিরি (ōnigiri)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飯糰 / 饭团 (zh) (fàntuán)

• Finnish: onigiri (fi)
• German: Onigiri n
• Greek: ονιγκίρι (onigkíri)
• Gujarati: ઓનિગિરી (onigirī)
• Hawaiian: please add this translation if you can
• Hindi: ओनिगिरी (onigirī)
• Italian: onigiri m
• Japanese: お握り (ja) (おにぎり, onigiri)
• Kannada: ಒನಿಗಿರೀ (onigirī)
• Korean: 오니기리 (ko) (onigiri), 삼각김밥 (ko) (samgakgimbap)
• Lao: ໂອນິງິຣິ (ʼō ni ngi ri)
• Lü: ᦷᦀᦓᦲᦇᦲᦣᦲ (˙ʼoniingiihii)
• Malay: nasi kepal, onigiri
• Polish: onigiri (pl) n
• Portuguese: oniguiri m
• Punjabi: ਓਨਿਗਿਰੀ (onigirī)
• Russian: ониги́ри (ru) m (onigíri)
• Sinhalese: ඔනිගිරි (onigiri)
• Tagalog: onigiri
• Tamil: ஒநிகிரி (onikiri)
• Telugu: ఒనిగిరీ (onigirī)
• Thai: โอนิงิริ (oo-ní-ngí-rí), ข้าวปั้น (th) (kâaw-pân)
• Turkish: onigiri
• Ukrainian: оніґірі (onigiri)

Finnish

Etymology

From Japanese お握り (onigiri).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoniɡiri/, [ˈo̞niˌɡiri]
• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification^(key): o‧ni‧gi‧ri
• Hyphenation^(key): oni‧gi‧ri

Noun

onigiri

1. onigiri

Declension

Inflection of onigiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		onigiri	onigirit
genitive		onigirin	onigirien
partitive		onigiria	onigireja
illative		onigiriin	onigireihin
		singular	plural
nominative		onigiri	onigirit
accusative	nom.	onigiri	onigirit
	gen.	onigirin
genitive		onigirin	onigirien
partitive		onigiria	onigireja
inessive		onigirissa	onigireissa
elative		onigirista	onigireista
illative		onigiriin	onigireihin
adessive		onigirilla	onigireilla
ablative		onigirilta	onigireilta
allative		onigirille	onigireille
essive		onigirina	onigireina
translative		onigiriksi	onigireiksi
abessive		onigiritta	onigireitta
instructive		—	onigirein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of onigiri (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative onigirini onigirini accusative nom. onigirini onigirini gen. onigirini genitive onigirini onigirieni partitive onigiriani onigirejani inessive onigirissani onigireissani elative onigiristani onigireistani illative onigiriini onigireihini adessive onigirillani onigireillani ablative onigiriltani onigireiltani allative onigirilleni onigireilleni essive onigirinani onigireinani translative onigirikseni onigireikseni abessive onigirittani onigireittani instructive — — comitative — onigireineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative onigirisi onigirisi accusative nom. onigirisi onigirisi gen. onigirisi genitive onigirisi onigiriesi partitive onigiriasi onigirejasi inessive onigirissasi onigireissasi elative onigiristasi onigireistasi illative onigiriisi onigireihisi adessive onigirillasi onigireillasi ablative onigiriltasi onigireiltasi allative onigirillesi onigireillesi essive onigirinasi onigireinasi translative onigiriksesi onigireiksesi abessive onigirittasi onigireittasi instructive — — comitative — onigireinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative onigirimme onigirimme accusative nom. onigirimme onigirimme gen. onigirimme genitive onigirimme onigiriemme partitive onigiriamme onigirejamme inessive onigirissamme onigireissamme elative onigiristamme onigireistamme illative onigiriimme onigireihimme adessive onigirillamme onigireillamme ablative onigiriltamme onigireiltamme allative onigirillemme onigireillemme essive onigirinamme onigireinamme translative onigiriksemme onigireiksemme abessive onigirittamme onigireittamme instructive — — comitative — onigireinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative onigirinne onigirinne accusative nom. onigirinne onigirinne gen. onigirinne genitive onigirinne onigirienne partitive onigirianne onigirejanne inessive onigirissanne onigireissanne elative onigiristanne onigireistanne illative onigiriinne onigireihinne adessive onigirillanne onigireillanne ablative onigiriltanne onigireiltanne allative onigirillenne onigireillenne essive onigirinanne onigireinanne translative onigiriksenne onigireiksenne abessive onigirittanne onigireittanne instructive — — comitative — onigireinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative onigirinsa onigirinsa accusative nom. onigirinsa onigirinsa gen. onigirinsa genitive onigirinsa onigiriensa partitive onigiriaan onigiriansa onigirejaan onigirejansa inessive onigirissaan onigirissansa onigireissaan onigireissansa elative onigiristaan onigiristansa onigireistaan onigireistansa illative onigiriinsa onigireihinsa adessive onigirillaan onigirillansa onigireillaan onigireillansa ablative onigiriltaan onigiriltansa onigireiltaan onigireiltansa allative onigirilleen onigirillensa onigireilleen onigireillensa essive onigirinaan onigirinansa onigireinaan onigireinansa translative onigirikseen onigiriksensa onigireikseen onigireiksensa abessive onigirittaan onigirittansa onigireittaan onigireittansa instructive — — comitative — onigireineen onigireinensa

Synonyms

• riisipallo

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese お握(にぎ)り (onigiri, “rice ball”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.ni.ɡi.ri/
• Hyphenation: o‧ni‧gi‧ri

Noun

onigiri (uncountable)

1. rice ball

   Synonym: nasi kepal

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese お握り (onigiri).

Noun

onigiri m (invariable)

1. onigiri

Anagrams

• origini

Japanese

Romanization

onigiri

1. Rōmaji transcription of おにぎり

Polish

onigiri

Etymology

Borrowed from English onigiri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ɲiˈɡi.ri/
• Rhymes: -iri
• Syllabification: o‧ni‧gi‧ri

Noun

onigiri n (indeclinable)

1. onigiri (Japanese food made by putting ingredients into white rice, wrapping the outside with laver, and shaping it into a triangle)

Further reading

• “onigiri”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)