mooriとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

moori (uncountable)

1. (India) Puffed rice.
   • 2005, Neera Burra, Joy Deshmukh-Ranadive, Ranjani K Murthy (Eds.), Micro-Credit, Poverty and Empowerment: Linking the Triad, p. 258:

     Women had entered the rice and moori (puffed rice) business and set up shops for the first time, enabled by loans from the SHGs.

   • 2011, Deepika Phukan, translating Arupa Patangia Kalita, The Story of Felanee:

     Then, she filled a smaller tin with the fresh moori and gave it to Felänee, saying, “Give this to your little fellow.”

   • 2014, Devashish Makhija, Forgetting:

     Soon he gave up coolieing and started selling moori, carrying a large sack of puffed rice through the streets of Calcutta, shouting ‘moori…moori’ and watching for windows to open and housewives to beckon him up musty building stairs […]

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