hopya

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hopia, ultimately from Hokkien, possibly 好餅／好饼 (hó piáⁿ, literally “good pastry”) according to Chan-Yap (1980), possibly an old genericized trademark by a particular Chinese deli company. Compare Early Manila Hokkien 香餅／香饼 (hioⁿ-piáⁿ, “fragrant pastry”), Hokkien 癖 (phiah, “craving”), Hokkien 好癖 (hó-phiah, “good temper”), Cebuano lumpya.

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

Noun

hopyà

  1. hopia (bean-filled pastry)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hopia, ultimately from Hokkien, possibly 好餅／好饼 (hó piáⁿ, literally “good pastry”) according to Chan-Yap(1980)[1] and Manuel (1948),[2] possibly an old genericized trademark by a particular Chinese deli company. Compare Early Manila Hokkien 香餅／香饼 (hioⁿ-piáⁿ, “fragrant pastry”), Hokkien 癖 (phiah, “craving”), Hokkien 好癖 (hó-phiah, “good temper”), Tagalog lumpiya.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈhopjaʔ/ [ˈhop.jɐʔ]
  • Rhymes: -opjaʔ
  • Syllabification: hop‧ya

Noun

hopyà (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜉ᜔ᜌ)

  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.
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Derived terms
  • hopyaan
  • maghohopya

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 137
  2. Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 24

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