kapukan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ilocano kappukan (“meat eaten raw or rinsed in hot water; newly chopped”), from pukan (“to cut down (trees)”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kaˈpukan/ [kɐˈpuː.xɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -ukan
  • Syllabification: ka‧pu‧kan

Noun

kapukan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜓᜃᜈ᜔)

  1. finger food consisting of fried diced tofu and pork skin served with a dipping sauce of soy sauce, calamansi, vinegar, and chili

See also

Further reading

  • “kapukan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
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