tahure

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • tahuri
  • tahore
  • tawre, tawri — colloquial

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 豆乳 (tāu-jí) or 豆腐 (tāu-hū).[1] See also Chinese 豆腐乳.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ta‧hu‧re
  • IPA(key): /ˈtahuɾe/, [ˈta.hʊ.ɾɛ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈtawɾe/, [ˈtaʊ̯.ɾɛ] (colloquial)

Noun

táhuré (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜓᜇᜒ)

  1. cakes of salted fermented bean curd

Derived terms
  • tahurihan

References
  1. Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 139.

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