tinola /tɪˈnoʊlə/ noun1 •(Philippines) 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 formstinolas