Musubi
surname · Latin script
Meaning: A ball of rice covered with nori (in Japanese cuisine, including in Hawaii), to which meat or salted or fermented vegetables are often added, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared
/musuɓi/(machine-generated) Swahili · model-generated
Musubi is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in South Africa.
- ZASouth Africa
- KEKenya
- CDCongo - Kinshasa
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin
(measured from records)A ball of rice covered with nori (in Japanese cuisine, including in Hawaii), to which meat or salted or fermented vegetables are often added, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared.
Cited for this meaning 1
- kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world
(measured from records)Recorded in:
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Evidence
(measured from records)No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Musubi mean, and where does it come from?
- A ball of rice covered with nori (in Japanese cuisine, including in Hawaii), to which meat or salted or fermented vegetables are often added, differing from sushi in that the rice is not vinegared. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
- How do you pronounce Musubi?
- In Swahili /musuɓi/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
- In which country does Musubi have the most bearers?
- Musubi is most frequently recorded in South Africa.
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About this data
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Musubi”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.