ampaw

Uncertain. Either:

• From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampaw (“empty husk (of rice, etc.)”) according to the Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (Blust and Trussel 2010-2020) [1], or.
• From Chinese according to the Pambansang Diksiyonaryo of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino [2].

• Hyphenation: am‧paw

ampáw

1. puffed rice
2. snack made of sweetened puffed rice shaped into a brick, ball or disc.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ampaw (“empty husk (of rice, etc.)”) according to the Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (Blust and Trussel 2010-2020).[1]

• Hyphenation: am‧paw
• IPA^(key): /ʔamˈpaw/, [ʔɐmˈpaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -au

ampáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜏ᜔)

1. puffed rice
2. sweet snack made from puffed rice

ampáw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜏ᜔)

1. (figurative) empty; insubstantial

Borrowed from Hokkien 紅包／红包 (âng-pau).

• Hyphenation: am‧paw
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔampaw/, [ˈʔam.paʊ̯]

ampaw (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜉᜏ᜔)

1. red envelope; hong bao (red envelope used for money given as gift in Chinese New Year)

• angpao
• ampao

• “ampaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018