huwepe

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 火把 (hóe-pé),[1] listed in the Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum (1626-1642) with the Spanish translation, “Tea”.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /huˈepe/ [ˈhwɛː.pɛ]
  • Rhymes: -epe
  • Syllabification: hu‧we‧pe

Noun

huwepe (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜒᜉᜒ)

  1. torch; flambeau (especially of resin wrapped in palm leaves)
    Synonym: sulo

See also

References

  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 131
  2. ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum‎[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish, Hokkien, and Classical Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, 1626-1642, page 511/486; republished as Fabio Yuchung Lee (李毓中), Chen Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), Regalado Trota José, José Luis Caño Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum‎[2], Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “huwepe”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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