kasoy

kasoy

1. firewood

• Hyphenation: ka‧soy

kasoy

1. cashew tree (Anacardium occidentale)
2. cashew apple; the fruit of this tree
3. cashew nut; the seed of this tree

• casuy, casoy — Spanish-based spelling, obsolete
• kasuy

Borrowed from Philippine Spanish casoy / casuy / casoi, from Mexican Spanish casui, from Portuguese acaju, from Old Tupi akaîu, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *akaju. Compare Bikol Central kasoy, Cebuano kasoy, Hiligaynon kasoy, and Chamorro kasoi.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈsoj/ [kɐˈsoɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -oj
• Syllabification: ka‧soy

kasóy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜐᜓᜌ᜔)

1. cashew (tree, fruit, and nut)

   Synonym: balubad

• “kasoy”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “kasoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 81
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 122

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