barbekyu

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English barbecue, borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa (“framework of sticks”), the raised wooden structure the natives used to either sleep on or cure meat. Originally “meal of roasted meat or fish”. Compare Tagalog barbikyu. Doublet of balbakuwa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɾˈbekju/ [bɐɾ̪ˈbik.jʊ]
  • Hyphenation: bar‧be‧kyu

Noun

barbekyu

  1. meat cooked in a barbecue, often skewered like a kebab

Verb

barbekyu

  1. to cook food on a barbecue; to grill

Derived terms

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