suwahe

Tagalog

Alternative forms

suahe
swahe

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 沙蝦 (soa-hê, literally “sand shrimp”).[1]

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: su‧wa‧he
IPA^(key): /suˈahe/, [ˈswɐhe]

Noun

suwahe

greasyback shrimp; sand shrimp (Metapenaeus ensis)

See also

hipon

Further reading

“suwahe” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.

References

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 134.

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