tekwan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tecuan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 茶罐 (tê-koàn, “teapot”). Compare Indonesian tekoan.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtekwan/ [ˈt̪ɛk.wɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -ekwan
• Syllabification: tek‧wan

Noun

tekwan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜃ᜔ᜏᜈ᜔)

1. metal teapot

See also

• tsarera

References

• “tekwan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎ (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.

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