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Makaw
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Tagalog
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Alternative forms
tl Macao
tl Macau
Etymology
tl :bor es:Macao 1 ++ See more at pt Macau. Compare es Macán, ja - 媽港 マカオ, la Machao.
The Macau Chinese sense is an tl - 1 es chino macao Macau Chinese.
The good cook sense is due to the renown of fine cooks or chefs who usually specialized in cooking pancit noodles in panciteria restaurants across Spanish Philippines during the 1800s, especially in Manila and Iloilo, such as Pancitería Macanista de Buen Gusto located by San Fernando Bridge in Binondo, Manila, mentioned by Jose Rizal in El Filibusterismo (1891), who were historically usually Cantonese-speaking ethnic Chinese people from Macau or Canton (historically usually Guangzhou) and their descendants, as per Manuel (1948) and Galang (2022).
Pronunciation
Makáw
Proper noun
Makáw +
tl Macau Q14773
tl 1998 Mariano Ponce; Jaime Carlos de Veyra Efemérides filipinas Sa pagkakawalay ng Portugal sa korona ng España noong 1640 ay napasama rin ang Goa, Molukas, Makaw, atbp. Ang mga iyon ay itinuturing ng mga pag-aaring Portugés, bago naisanib ang kahariang ito sa Imperyong Kastila noong 1580.
Noun
Makáw +
Macau Chinese; Chinese Macanese an ethnic Chinese person from Macau
tl by extension Cantonese a Cantonese-speaking ethnic Chinese person who transited from Macau, and may also possibly be from Canton (Guangzhou or Guangdong province in general) or Hong Kong
tl by extension a good cook
Derived terms
tl lumpiyang makaw lutong-makaw
Related terms
tl makan Intsik Fukien
Further reading
Makáw 40
Galang Jely A. https://www.chinesestudiesjournal.org/volumes/volume-16-2022/los-chinos-macanistas-the-cantonese-chinese-in-the-spanish-philippines?fbclid=IwY2xjawLBbDRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHuA7p3NdKxpDSfD1f_rF_rUn1geONTdzplGf--5cFDoyL9nTy6kqzV-hUYDp_aem_ORp4A6Z70lFqVKCEUF85ig Los Chinos Macanistas: The Cantonese Chinese in the Spanish Philippines, 1778-1898 Chinese Studies Journal 16 2022 Philippine Association for Chinese Studies 40-70 https://web.archive.org/web/20260520105217/https://www.chinesestudiesjournal.org/volumes/volume-16-2022/los-chinos-macanistas-the-cantonese-chinese-in-the-spanish-philippines 20 May 2026
Anagrams
tl aakmw kamaw