puto maya

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• puto-maya
• putomaya

Etymology

From ellipsis of gaya-gaya puto maya

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧to ma‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ˌputo ˈmaja/, [ˌpu.t̪ɔ ˈma.jʌ]

Noun

puto maya (Badlit spelling ᜉᜓᜆᜓ ᜋᜌ)

1. puto maya (a rice cake made by boiling glutinous rice in coconut milk with ginger and sugar, usually served folded in banana leaves)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• puto-maya
• putomaya

Etymology

From ellipsis of gaya-gaya puto maya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌputo ˈmaja/ [ˌpu.to ˈma.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: pu‧to ma‧ya

Noun

puto maya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜆᜓ ᜋᜌ)

1. puto maya (a rice cake pastry made by boiling glutinous rice in coconut milk with sugar and grated coconut, as an easier alternative to puto, which is cooked steamed)

See also

• puto seko
• puto bumbong

Further reading

• “putomaya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018