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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 潤餅/润饼 (lūn-piáⁿ). Compare Indonesian lumpia.
Pronunciation
Noun
lumpiyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜌ)
- lumpia
Derived terms
Descendants
See also
References
- “lumpiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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 138
- 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 39