Etymology

lumpia

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Tagalog lumpia ← Hokkien 潤餅 /润饼 ← Indonesian lumpia
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  1. Hokkien · derived from潤餅 /润饼
  2. Indonesian · borrowed fromlumpia
  3. Hokkien · derived from潤餅 /润饼
  4. Tagalog · borrowed fromlumpia
  5. English todaylumpia

(Philippines): Borrowed from Tagalog lumpia, from Hokkien 潤餅 /润饼 (lūn-piáⁿ). (Indonesia): Borrowed from Indonesian lumpia, inherited from Malay lumpia, from Hokkien 潤餅 /润饼 (lūn-piáⁿ). Compare Spanish lumpiá, Dutch loempia, Cebuano lumpya.

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