kepo

kepo (comparative more kepo, superlative most kepo)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, slang) Alternative spelling of kaypoh.

kepo (plural kepos or kepoes)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, slang) Alternative spelling of kaypoh.

kepo (third-person singular simple present kepos, present participle kepoing, simple past and past participle kepoed)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, slang) Alternative spelling of kaypoh.

• Poké-, poke, poké

kepo

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• IPA^(key): /ˈkepo/
• Rhymes: -epo
• Hyphenation: ke‧po

kepo (accusative singular kepon, plural kepoj, accusative plural kepojn)

1. kepi

Borrowed from Hokkien 家婆 (ke-pô, “to be a busybody; meddlesome”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.po]
• Hyphenation: kè‧po

kepo

1. (colloquial) kaypoh: being a busybody, prying into the business of others

   Synonym: melit

• “kepo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Hokkien 家婆 (ke-pô, “busybody; meddlesome; nosy”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkepo/ [ˈkɛː.po], /ˈkipo/ [ˈkiː.po]
• Rhymes: -epo, -ipo
• Syllabification: ke‧po

kepo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜉᜓ) (slang)

1. a nosy person; busybody

• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 74