Etymology

hopia

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Today it means: A flaky pastry (typically filled with either mung bean, pork bits, purple yam, azuki bean, or etc.) Full definition →

Tagalog hopia ← Spanish hopia
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  1. Spanish · derived fromhopia
  2. Tagalog · borrowed fromhopia
  3. English todayhopia

Borrowed from Tagalog hopia, from Spanish hopia, from Hokkien, possibly 好餅 /好饼 (hó piáⁿ, literally “good pastry”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948). See also Early Manila Hokkien 香餅 /香饼 (hioⁿ-piáⁿ, literally “fragrant pastry”), Indonesian bakpia. Compare Cebuano hopya.

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