miswa

Cebuano

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: mis‧wa

Noun

miswa

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

Tagalog

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈmiswa/ [ˈmis.wɐ]
• Rhymes: -iswa
• Syllabification: mis‧wa

Noun

miswa (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜐ᜔ᜏ)

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

Related terms

• lomi
• mami
• miki
• ramen
• tsami
• tsawmin

 

Further reading

• “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