humba

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• homba

Etymology

From Hokkien 封肉 (hong-bah, “braised meat”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hum‧ba

Noun

humba

1. a dish similar to adobo but is sweeter and fattier, usually made using fried pork belly cooked in a sauce including garlic, onions, fermented black beans, spring onions, brown sugar, pepper corns, bay leaves, soy sauce and lemon-lime soft drink or pineapple juice
2. (often offensive, humorous) a fat person

Verb

humba

1. to cook humba
2. to cook meat this way

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• umba

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano humba, from Hokkien 封肉 (hong-bah, “braised meat”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /humˈbaʔ/, [hʊmˈbaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: hum‧ba

Noun

humbâ (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜋ᜔ᜊ)

1. humba (Filipino braised pork dish popular among Visayans)

Derived terms

• humbain

Related terms

• bataw
• batsoy
• batutay
• lukba
• mami
• matsang

 

See also

• adobo
• estopado

 

References

• “humba”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 25
• 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