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Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from *tola + -in-. The word tola (or tula) means “to boil” in Central Philippines. Compare Aklanon tinoea (“vegetable dish”) from toea, Hiligaynon tinola / tinula (“vegetable soup”) from tola / tula, Cebuano tinola (“stew”) from tola, Waray-Waray tinula (“fish stew”) from tula, Tausug tiyula' (“soup made by boiling fish, seafood, poultry, or meat in water”) from tula', and Agusan Manobo tu'ya. Unlikely to be from tula (“distemper or pip in fowls”).
Pronunciation
Noun
tinola (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜈᜓᜎ)
- tinola (Filipino soup cooked with chicken or fish, wedges of papaya)
See also
Further reading
- “tinola”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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