lohuwa

Tagalog

Polygonum longisetum, the 蓼 flowering plant that Douglas (1873 & 1899) may be referring to, somewhat resembling the confection snack covered in puffed rice or sesame seeds

Lohua/Ampao Puffed Rice Crispies

Alternative forms

lohwa, lohua
luhuwa

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien,[1] either 荖花 (láu-hoe)[2] or 蓼花 (láu-hoe/lio̍k-hoa).[3][4] Compare Taiwanese Mandarin 蓼花 (liǎohuā), 蓼 (lù / liǎo).

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlohua/ [ˈlo.hwɐ]
Rhymes: -ohua
Syllabification: lo‧hu‧wa

Noun

lóhuwá (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜓᜑᜓᜏ)

confection of puffed and hollow starch with sugar (usually covered with sesame or puffed rice)

Derived terms

lohuwang ampaw
lohuwang linga
maglohuwa

References

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 39
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “荖花”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC
Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “láu-hoe”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, [With 1923 Supplement after the Appendix by Thomas Barclay, Shanghai: Commercial Press, Ltd.] edition (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 296; New Edition (With Chinese Character Glosses) edition, London: Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 296
小川尚義 (OGAWA Naoyoshi), editor (1931–1932), “蓼花”, in 臺日大辭典 [Taiwanese-Japanese Dictionary]‎ (overall work in Hokkien and Japanese), Taihoku: Government-General of Taiwan, →OCLC