anko

See also: ankò, and ankō

English

Etymology

From Japanese 餡子 (anko).

Noun

anko (uncountable)

1. A paste made of azuki beans.

   Synonym: red bean

   • 2018, Luiz Hara, The Japanese Larder: Bringing Japanese Ingredients into Your Everyday Cooking, Jacqui Small for White Lion Publishing, The Quarto Group, →ISBN, page 71, column 2:

     You can buy good-quality, canned ready-made anko from Japanese grocery stores or online, or make your own at home by following my Anko recipe on page 98.

   • 2020, Shauna Holyoak, Kazu Jones and the Comic Book Criminal, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN:

     Mom nodded at the head of her bed, and I sat down, handing her one perfect bun, toasted to a honey-golden crisp. She pulled it into two pieces, exposing the red anko center and a puff cloud of steam.

   • 2022, Katherine Tamiko Arguile, Meshi: A Personal History of Japanese Food, Melbourne, Vic.: Affirm Press, →ISBN:

     Stir in the salt and mix thoroughly before allowing the anko to cool for serving.

   • 2023, The Great American Recipe Cookbook: 100 Memorable Recipes to Celebrate the Diversity and Flavors of American Food, season two edition, Dallas, Tex.: BenBella Books, →ISBN:

     To make the anko filling, rinse the adzuki beans under cool running water until it runs clear.

Related terms

• anmitsu
• anpan

Further reading

• Red bean paste on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Japanese

Romanization

anko

1. Rōmaji transcription of あんこ

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *hanko.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑŋko/, [ˈɑŋko]
• Rhymes: -ɑŋko
• Hyphenation: an‧ko

Noun

anko

1. pitchfork

Inflection

Declension of anko (type II/võrkko, nk-ng gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	anko	angod
genitive	ango	ankojõ, ankoi
partitive	ankoa	ankoitõ, ankoi
illative	ankosõ, anko	ankoisõ
inessive	angoz	ankoiz
elative	angossõ	ankoissõ
allative	angolõ	ankoilõ
adessive	angollõ	ankoillõ
ablative	angoltõ	ankoiltõ
translative	angossi	ankoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “anko”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat, 2nd edition, Tallinn