pohiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pohia — obsolete
• pohya — superseded, pre-2007
• puhiya

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 匏桸 (pû-hia, “ladle or scoop made from hollowed dried gourd”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpohia/ [ˈpoː.hjɐ]
• Rhymes: -ohia
• Syllabification: po‧hi‧ya

Noun

póhiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜑᜒᜌ)

1. ladle; dipper

   Synonyms: panandok, pansirok, panalok, tabo

2. small bucket (used in sugar mills)

   Synonym: balde

See also

• kutsaron
• sandok

Further reading

• “pohiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 818
• 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 141
• 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 45