Mochi - Wiktionary

See also: Mochi

English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Japanese 餅(もち) (mochi).

Pronunciation

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• Audio (US):

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• IPA(key): /ˈmoʊtʃi/, /ˈmɒtʃi/

Noun

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mochi (countable and uncountable, plural mochis or mochi)

1. A small Japanese rice cake made from glutinous rice.
   • 2013, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Tofu and Tofu Products (965 CE to 2013), Soyinfo Center, →ISBN, page 1146:Many of Japan's most popular confections are dusted with a light coating of sweetened kinako. These confections usually consist of a grain such as mochi (pounded glutinous rice) […]
   • 2016 June 27, Tejal Rao, “Making Mochi, a Japanese Treat That’s All About Texture”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 15 July 2021:And when it comes to mochi, the Japanese rice dough, much of its appeal can be attributed to a glorious bounce or a gelatinous squish or a comforting kind of gloop.One of the most popular ways to eat mochi is in the sweet packages known as daifuku: The dough is stretched around a filling of red bean paste, or creams in flavors like green tea, chocolate or strawberries.

Derived terms

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• butter mochi

Translations

[edit] rice cake made from glutinous rice

Arabic: موتْشِي m (mūtšī, mōtšī) Hijazi Arabic: موتشي m (mōtši) Armenian: մոտի (hy) (moti), մոչի (močʻi) Burmese: မွာချီး (mwahkyi:) Chinese: Dalian Mandarin: 磨嘰 / 磨叽 (zh) (mòji) Hokkien: 麻糍 (zh-min-nan) (môa-chî) Mandarin: 麻糬 (zh) (máshǔ) Finnish: mochi (fi), riisikakku French: mochi (fr) m Indonesian: moci Japanese: 餅 (ja) (もち, mochi) Khmer: ម៉ូជី (moucii) Korean: 모찌 (ko) (mojji), 떡 (ko) (tteok) (tteok) Okinawan: 餅 (muchi) Russian: мо́ти (ru) n (móti), ри́совая лепёшка f (rísovaja lepjóška) Thai: โมจิ (moo-jì)

See also

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• daifuku
• wagashi

Further reading

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• mochi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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• chimo, ohmic

Classical Nahuatl

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Etymology

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From Proto-Nahuan *močɨ.[1]

Noun

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mochi

1. all

References

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1. ^ Campbell, Lyle; Langacker, Ronald W. (October 1978), “Proto-Aztecan Vowels: Part III”, in International Journal of American Linguistics, volume 44, number 4, page 262 of 262–279: “(1) all, everything *močɨ”

Italian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈmɔ.ki/
• Rhymes: -ɔki
• Hyphenation: mò‧chi

Etymology 1

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Plural of moco.

Noun

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mochi m pl (plural only)

1. bitter vetch (Vicia ervilia) Synonym: (Tuscany) girlo
2. synonym of cicerchia (“chickling vetch”) Synonym: (Tuscany) girlo

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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mochi m pl

1. plural of moco

Further reading

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• mochi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

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• chimo

Japanese

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Romanization

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mochi

1. Rōmaji transcription of もち
2. Rōmaji transcription of モチ

Upper Sorbian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈmɔxi/
• Rhymes: -ɔxi
• Syllabification: mo‧chi

Noun

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mochi

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of moch

Welsh

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Alternative forms

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• mocha, mochian

Etymology

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From moch (“pigs”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

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• (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmɔχɪ/
• (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈmoːχi/, /ˈmɔχi/
• Rhymes: -ɔχi

Verb

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mochi (first-person singular present mochaf)

1. to behave like a pig
   1. to wallow Synonym: ymdrybaeddu
   2. to grunt Synonym: rhochian
2. to defile Synonyms: halogi, difwyno

Conjugation

[edit] Conjugation of mochi (literary)

singular			plural			impersonal
first	second	third	first	second	third
present indicative/future	mochaf	mochi	moch, mocha	mochwn	mochwch	mochant	mochir
imperfect (indicative/subjunctive)/conditional	mochwn	mochit	mochai	mochem	mochech	mochent	mochid
preterite	mochais	mochaist	mochodd	mochasom	mochasoch	mochasant	mochwyd
pluperfect	mochaswn	mochasit	mochasai	mochasem	mochasech	mochasent	mochasid, mochesid
present subjunctive	mochwyf	mochych	mocho	mochom	mochoch	mochont	mocher
imperative	—	moch, mocha	moched	mochwn	mochwch	mochent	mocher
verbal noun	mochi
verbal adjectives	mochedigmochadwy

Conjugation of mochi (colloquial)

inflectedcolloquial forms	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
future	mocha i,mochaf i	mochi di	mochith o/e/hi,mochiff e/hi	mochwn ni	mochwch chi	mochan nhw
conditional	mochwn i,mochswn i	mochet ti,mochset ti	mochai fo/fe/hi,mochsai fo/fe/hi	mochen ni,mochsen ni	mochech chi,mochsech chi	mochen nhw,mochsen nhw
preterite	mochais i,moches i	mochaist ti,mochest ti	mochodd o/e/hi	mochon ni	mochoch chi	mochon nhw
imperative	—	mocha	—	—	mochwch	—

Note: All other forms are periphrastic, as usual in colloquial Welsh.

Mutation

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radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
mochi	fochi	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “mochi”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies