kiyo
Amis
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- qiyo, quiyo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
Etymology
From Chinese. Compare Hokkien 叫雞／叫鸡 (kiò-koe, “to visit a prostitute”, literally “to call a chicken”). See also kuwekong.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ki‧yo
- IPA(key): /kiˈoʔ/, [ˈkjoʔ]
Derived terms
- kiyuin
Further reading
- “kiyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
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