teham

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 地陷 (tē-hām, “pitfall trap”), according to Manuel (1948) from Piñol (1937). Alternatively, from Hokkien 底 (té, “sole”) +‎ 銜 / 衔 (hâm, “to join”), according to Chan-Yap (1980), which she defined as “joined sole”.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈteham/ [ˈt̪ɛː.hɐm]
  • Rhymes: -eham
  • Syllabification: te‧ham

Noun

teham (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜑᜋ᜔) (shoemaking)

  1. a running cut on the outer sole of a shoe into which stitches are made and covered

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “teham”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
  • 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 143
  • 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 61
  • Piñol y Andreu, Fr. Francisco (1937), Diccionario Chino-Español del Dialecto de Amoy, Chiang-chiu, Choân-chiu, Formosa, etc. 【華班辭典】‎[1], Hong Kong: Imprenta de Nazaret
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