koyo

koyo (plural koyo-koyo)

1. (colloquial) alternative form of koyok

koyo

1. nonstandard spelling of kaya

koyo

1. coyote

Borrowed from Hokkien 膏藥 / 膏药 (ko-io̍h, “herbal plaster”, literally “ointment medicine”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkojoʔ/ [ˈkoː.joʔ]
• Rhymes: -ojoʔ
• Syllabification: ko‧yo

koyò (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌᜓ)

1. plaster; bandage (especially those applied for boils and wounds)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /koˈjo/ [koˈjo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: ko‧yo

koyó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌᜓ)

1. (slang) ex-convict

• “koyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 77
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 107
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 131
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 32

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