kimlo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Hokkien 錦瑙／锦瑙 (gím-ló / *kím-ló).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪmlo/
• Hyphenation: kim‧lo

Noun

kimlo (first-person possessive kimloku, second-person possessive kimlomu, third-person possessive kimlonya)

1. a type of soup

   Hypernym: sup

Further reading

• “kimlo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kiyamlo, kyamlo
• kiamlo
• kyemlo

Etymology

From either Hokkien 錦瑙／锦瑙 (gím-ló / *kím-ló) or Hokkien 鹹滷／咸卤 (kiâm-lō͘) as in blend of 鹹／咸 (kiâm, “viand”) +‎ 滷／卤 (lō͘, “to stew in soy sauce and spices”) as per Chan-Yap (1980).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kimˈlo/ [kɪmˈlo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: kim‧lo

Noun

kimló (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜋ᜔ᜎᜓ)

1. a Chinese soup stew of misua or bihon noodles usually with fresh eggs, soy sauce, salt, shrimp, slices of pork, shredded chicken, patola (ridged gourd), etc.

Further reading

• “kimlo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• Polistico, Edgie (2017) Philippine Food, Cooking, & Dining Dictionary‎^[2], Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
• Santa María Sta María (2006) The Governor-general's Kitchen: Philippine Culinary Vignettes and Period Recipes, 1521-1935‎^[3], Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 138
• Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 382
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 30,31,32,34

Anagrams

• likom