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tinola

UK/tɪˈnoʊlə/

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Philippines/tɪˈnola/

tinola noun: a Filipino soup traditionally cooked with chicken or fish, wedges of papaya or chayote or both, and leaves of the siling labuyo chili pepper in broth flavored with ginger, onions, and fish sauce, and usually served as a main course with white rice.

Noun

tinola (usually uncountable, plural tinolas)

  1. (Philippines, usually) A Filipino soup traditionally cooked with chicken or fish, wedges of papaya or chayote or both, and leaves of the siling labuyo chili pepper in broth flavored with ginger, onions, and fish sauce, and usually served as a main course with white rice.
    • It is a gala day for the adult male Filipino. He goes to mass, thence to his dinner of tinola, a soup and a stew of chicken in one, and then to the cock fight.1901 December 15, “The Day in the Philippines: There Is a Mass in the Morning, Cock Fighting and Gambling the Rest of the Day”, in St. Louis Post-Dispatch, volume 54, number 116, St. Louis, Mo....
    • […] Neal, was very sick and debilitated. I asked the kitchen staff to make a chicken tinola with lots of ginger, green papaya, chile, and malunggay leaves; within a few hours Neal was back on his feet.2012, Amy Besa, Romy Dorotan, “Chicken Tinola”, in Memories of Philippine Kitchens: Stories and Recipes from Far and Near, 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.: Stewart, Tabori & Chang, →ISBN, chapter 4...

Examples of tinola in a sentence

  • The papayas I allowed to grow for future tinolas and achara.2020 September 8, Paulo Alcazaren, “Quarantine gardens”, in The Philippine Star, Manila, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Oct 2021:
  • Once, Marikit smelled the enchanting fragrance of tinola from an open window.2022, Caris Avendaño Cruz, “The Impossible Bottle”, in Marikit and the Ocean of Stars, New York, N.Y.: Farrar Straus Giroux Books for Young...

Forms of tinola

pluraltinolas

Origin of tinola

Borrowed from Tagalog tinola.

Questions about tinola

What does tinola mean?
Tinola means a Filipino soup traditionally cooked with chicken or fish, wedges of papaya or chayote or both, and leaves of the siling labuyo chili pepper in broth flavored with ginger, onions, and fish sauce, and usually served as a main course with white rice.
How do you use tinola in a sentence?
The papayas I allowed to grow for future tinolas and achara.
What part of speech is tinola?
Tinola is a noun.
How do you pronounce tinola?
Tinola is pronounced /tɪˈnoʊlə/ (UK).
What is the plural of tinola?
The plural of tinola is tinolas.

Words near tinola in the dictionary

  1. Tinocdugan
  2. Tinoco
  3. Tinocos
  4. tinodontid
  5. tinodontids
  6. tinola
  7. tinolas
  8. Tinonee
  9. tinopener
  10. tinopeners
  11. tinoridine

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