suwahe

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • suahe
  • swahe

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 沙蝦／沙虾 (soa-hê, literally “sand shrimp”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: su‧wa‧he
  • IPA(key): /suˈahe/, [ˈswa.he]

Noun

suwahe

  1. greasyback shrimp; sand shrimp (Metapenaeus ensis)

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 134.

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