hopia

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

hopia (plural hopias)

  1. (Philippines) A bean-filled pastry.

Derived terms

Translations

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: hop‧ia
  • IPA(key): /ˈhopjaʔ/,

Noun

hopia

  1. Alternative spelling of hopya

Spanish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien . Compare Early Manila Hokkien 香餅／香饼 (hioⁿ-piáⁿ, “fragrant pastry”).

Pronunciation

Noun

hopia m or f (plural hopias)

  1. (Philippines, historical) a sweet pastry historically made by Chinese people

Further reading

  • Venancio M. de Abella (1874) Vade-Mecum Filipino ó manual de la conversacion familiar Español-Tagalog‎, 12.ᵃ edition (overall work in Spanish and Tagalog), Escolta, Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 117
  • Ferdinand Blumentritt, T. H. Pardo de Tavera (1885) Vocabular einzelner Ausdrücke und Redensarten, welche dem Spanischen der Philippinischen Inseln eigenthümlich sind‎ (overall work in Spanish and German), Leitmeritz: Verlag der Communal-Ober-Realschule, page 13
  • Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum, kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中), Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁), José, Regalado Trota, Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhopjaʔ/,
  • Hyphenation: hop‧ia

Noun

hopià (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜉ᜔ᜌ)

  1. Alternative spelling of hopya

Derived terms

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