tokneneng
toknenéng with stress marks
deep-fried battered egg street food
Usage Note
Tokneneng is a popular Filipino street food made from hard-boiled duck eggs (itlog ng pato) coated in a bright orange flour batter and deep-fried. It is sold by street vendors and eaten with spiced vinegar dip. The name is playful and onomatopoeic in character. Kwek-kwek is a similar version made with quail eggs.
Examples
" Masarap ang tokneneng. "
Natural Translation
Tokneneng is delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the deep-fried-egg.
" Bumili ang bata ng tokneneng sa kanto. "
Natural Translation
The child bought deep-fried battered egg street food at the corner.
Literal Translation
Bought the child of deep-fried battered egg at corner.
" Tuwing umuuwi kami galing sa eskwela, pumipila kami sa tindera ng tokneneng na may maasim at maanghang na sawsawan. "
Natural Translation
Every time we head home from school, we line up at the tokneneng vendor with the sour and spicy dipping sauce.
Literal Translation
Every going-home we from school, line-up we at vendor of deep-fried-egg that has sour and spicy dipping-sauce.
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