Did you know that Kapampángans have their móchi that is not etymologically related to the Japanese mochi?
MÓCHI / MÓTSI • (MOH-chi)
Kapampángan glutinous rice delicacy with bean paste filling served with sweetened coconut milk sauce
Alternative forms: móche, múche, múchi/mútsi
Etymology
From Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî) “ciba cake; muah chee”, a traditional southern Chinese rice cake made from glutinous rice
Cognates: Tagalog butsi/butse and matse, Cebuano masi, Pangasinan masikoy (regional varieties of this Philippine glutinous rice delicacy)
False Cognates
Despite the similarity in name and ingredients, the Kapampángan móchi is not derived from or related to the 🇯🇵 Japanese mochi (餅), but rather originated from the southern Chinese muah chee (麻糍).
Japanese:
餅 (もち, mochi)
Japanese glutinous rice cake
a native Japanese word, from a root meaning of “sticky”, possibly from 持ち (mochi) “holding”, continuative form of 持つ (motsu) “to hold”
Kapampángan:
MÓCHI
Kapampángan glutinous rice delicacy with bean paste filling
from Hokkien 麻糍 (môa-chî) “ciba cake; muah chee”, a southern Chinese glutinous rice cake, from 麻 (môa) “hemp; sesame” and 糍 (chî) “glutinous rice cake”
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