miswa

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 麵線面线 (mī-soàⁿ, “misua”). Compare Tagalog miswa, English misua / mee sua, Malay misoa, Indonesian misoa.

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: mis‧wa

Noun

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miswa

  1. misua; a very thin variety of salted Chinese noodles made from wheat flour

Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hokkien 麵線面线 (mī-soàⁿ, misua). Compare Cebuano miswa, English misua / mee sua, Malay misoa, Indonesian misoa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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miswa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜏ)

  1. misua; a very thin variety of salted Chinese noodles made from wheat flour
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Further reading

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  • miswa at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
  • miswa”, 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 41