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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tokˈneneŋ/ [tokˈnɛ.nɛŋ]
• Rhymes: -eneŋ
• Syllabification: tok‧ne‧neng

Noun

tokneneng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ᜈᜒᜈᜒᜅ᜔)

1. tokneneng (tempura-like Filipino street food made by deep-frying orange batter covered hard-boiled chicken or duck egg)

See also

• kwek kwek