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Sinigang

2 stages from Tagalog to English.

Today it means a sour Filipino soup, typically flavored with tamarind and vegetables
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sinigang
Tagalog · medieval
"stewed"
literally stewed, describing a sour soup flavored with tamarind or other souring agents
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sinigang
English · 1900s
"a sour Filipino soup, typically flavored with tamarind"
adopted directly as Filipino cuisine spread internationally
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