Huwana

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • Huana

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hokkien 番仔 (hoan-á).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Hu‧wa‧na
  • IPA(key): /huaˈna/, [hʊ.wɐˈna]

Noun

Huwaná (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜈ)

  1. (Chinese Filipino, colloquial, sometimes vulgar, in general) Filipino of native or non-Chinese descent (as opposed to a Filipino of ethnic Chinese descent or an ethnic Chinese)
    Coordinate terms: Tsinoy, Intsik, Tsekwa, Sanglay, Tsino, tsinito, tsinita
Usage notes
  • Some Chinese Filipinos consider this word as crude and vulgar, comparable to the perception of the word Intsik (“Chinese”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish Juana.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: Hu‧wa‧na
  • IPA(key): /huˈana/, [hʊˈa.nɐ]

Proper noun

Huwana (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜏᜈ)

  1. Alternative form of Juana

References
  • Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3‎, page 171
  • 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 132
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