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English word origin

Etymology of humba

From Cebuano humba and Tagalog humba, from Hokkien 封肉 (hong-bah, “braised (pork) meat”).

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

A Filipino braised pork dish from the Philippines especially popular in the Visayas, traditionally made with fatty cuts of pork belly slow-cooked until very tender in soy sauce, vinegar, peppercorns, garlic, bay leaves, and fermented black beans (tausi) sweetened with muscovado sugar, and also commonly including hard-boiled eggs and banana blossoms.

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From Cebuano humba and Tagalog humba, from Hokkien 封肉 (hong-bah, “braised (pork) meat”).

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  • Borrowed-form mentionhumbaceb
  • Borrowed-form mentionhumbatl
  • Derivation mention封肉nan-hbl · braised (pork) meat
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