kapukan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kampukan

Etymology

Borrowed from Ilocano kappukan (“meat eaten raw or rinsed in hot water; newly chopped”), from pukan (“to cut down (trees)”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈpukan/ [kɐˈpuː.xɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ukan
• Syllabification: ka‧pu‧kan

Noun

kapukan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜃᜈ᜔)

1. finger food consisting of fried diced tofu and pork skin served with a dipping sauce of soy sauce, calamansi, vinegar, and chili

See also

• dinakdakan
• kilawin
• pulutan
• sisig

Further reading

• “kapukan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018