sotanghon

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • sutanghon, suwatanghon, swatanghon, sotanhon, soatanghun

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 山東粉／山东粉 (soaⁿ-tang-hún).[1][2] Compare Indonesian sohun.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsotaŋhon/ [ˈso.tɐŋ.hon]
  • Rhymes: -otaŋhon
  • Syllabification: so‧tang‧hon

Noun

sótanghón (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜆᜅ᜔ᜑᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. cellophane noodles; Chinese vermicelli

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 139
  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 58

Further reading
  • “sotanghon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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