rumaki

American  

[ruh-mah-kee] / rəˈmɑ ki /

plural noun

Hawaiian Cooking.

1. bite-size appetizers, as chicken livers and water chestnuts wrapped in bacon and broiled.

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Etymology

Origin of rumaki

First recorded in 1940–45; origin uncertain; perhaps a shortening of Japanese harumaki “spring roll,” from Chinese chūn juǎn