sotanghon

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • sutanghon, suwatanghon, swatanghon, sotanhon, soatanghun

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 山東粉／山东粉 (soaⁿ-tang-hún).[1] Compare Indonesian sohun.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: so‧tang‧hon
  • IPA(key): /sotaŋˈhon/, [so.tɐŋˈhon]

Noun

sotanghón

  1. cellophane noodles; Chinese vermicelli

See also

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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