hopya

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 好餅 (hó piáⁿ, literally “good pastry”), possibly an old genericized trademark by a particular Chinese deli company.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: hop‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈhopjaʔ/, [ˈhup.jʌʔ]

Noun

hopyà

  1. hopia (bean-filled pastry)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 好餅 (hó piáⁿ, literally “good pastry”),[1] possibly an old genericized trademark by a particular Chinese deli company,

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: hop‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈhopjaʔ/, [ˈhop.jɐʔ]

Noun

hopyà

  1. hopia (bean-filled pastry)
    • 1937, Guillermo Estrella Tolentino, Ang wika at baybaying Tagalog:
      ...HOPYA, BIKO, LUMPIYA, MIKI, MAMI, BITSU, SIYANSI, TIYANI, atbp. Isa pang katangian ng wikang Tagalog ay ang PALAMUHATAN (Etimologia) ng maraming salita.

Derived terms
  • hopyaan
  • maghohopya

References
  1. Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics‎ (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 137

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