maki

[ mah-kee ]

/ ˈmɑ ki /

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noun Japanese Cooking.

cold boiled rice moistened with rice vinegar, formed around strips of vegetable or raw fish into a cylindrical seaweed-wrapped roll that is sliced into bite-size pieces.

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Sometimes ma·ki-zu·shi

[mah-kee-zoo-shee] /ˈmɑ kiˈzu ʃi/ .

Origin of maki

First recorded in 1910–15; from Japanese maki-zushi, literally, “rolled sushi”; from maki-, combining form of maku “to roll, roll up” (see makimono) + -zushi, combining form of sushi

Words nearby maki

make with, make-work, Makeyevka, Makhachkala, Makhlouf, maki, makimono, making, makings, Makiyivka, Makkah

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How to use maki in a sentence

I wish Nature would give me a few years maki here and now, I want to stay here longer.
A Journal from Japan|Marie Carmichael Stopes
He used abusive and improper language— Dia ber-maki-maki dengan yang tapatut.
A Manual of the Malay language|William Edward Maxwell
Among the animals knocked over, there was a gigantic bat, or flying Maki (Pterops), the native name of which is Daiahm.
Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume II|Karl Ritter von Scherzer
In Formosa, Tetrastichus hagenowii was an important parasite of cockroach eggs (Maki, 1937).
The Biotic Associations of Cockroaches|Louis M. Roth

The unfortunate Sheikh Maki had been wounded in the leg, and had only escaped death by a miracle.
Fire and Sword in the Sudan|Rudolf C. Slatin

British Dictionary definitions for maki

maki

/ (ˈmækɪ) /

noun

(in Japanese cuisine) a small segment cut from a long roll of cold rice and various other ingredients wrapped in a sheet of seaweed

Word Origin for maki

from Japanese, literally: roll

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