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ンドゥイヤ (んどぅいや) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ンドゥイヤ

also: んどぅーや

Meanings

1

noun

'nduja; spreadable salami

food / cooking

A spicy, spreadable pork salami from Calabria, Italy. Used as a food term in Japanese.

from Italian

イタリア料りょう理り店てんでンドゥイヤのパスタを注ちゅう文もんした。
I ordered 'nduja pasta at an Italian restaurant.
ンドゥイヤはパンに塗ぬって食たべるとおいしい。
'Nduja is delicious spread on bread.

Written forms

ンドゥイヤ
Most common katakana spelling for this Italian loanword.
ンドゥーヤ
Alternate katakana spelling reflecting a slightly different vowel length.

Etymology

From Italian 'nduja, a spicy spreadable salami. The Japanese spellings ンドゥイヤ and ンドゥーヤ reflect common katakana adaptations of the Italian pronunciation.