koyok

Borrowed from Malay koyok (“quack medicine”), from Hakka 膏藥／膏药 (kò-yo̍k, “herbal plaster, medicated patch, poultice”).

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): [ˈk˭ojoʔ]

koyok (uncountable)

1. (Singapore, informal) A phoney or fraudulent item; anything deceptively promoted as genuine or of high quality.
   • 2011 March 1, Ravi Philemon, “Goh Meng Seng the koyok seller”, in raviphilemon.net‎^[1]:

     Whenever I meet Meng Seng, he is always trying to sell me his koyok and recruit me into his Party.

   • 2012 September 17, Tan Meng Chuan, “On The Challenges of Cleaning Water”, in Overseas Singaporean Unit‎^[2], archived from the original on 5 March 2016:

     “I'm here to sell my koyok,” laughed Olivia Lum as she took to the stage and began her presentation on Hyflux Limited, it turned out that the koyok was not some sales pitch trying to sell ice to Eskimos.

   • 2015 September 10, “Vivian: I fight back when people sell 'koyok'”, in The Straits Times:

     This is the reason why I get so uptight, so aggressive when someone comes along, talks very well, but sells koyok and puts our country in danger.

• Kokyo, Kyoko, kooky

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔjɔʔ/ [ˈkɔ.jɔʔ]
• Rhymes: -ɔjɔʔ
• Syllabification: ko‧yok

From Malay koyok (“medicated patch, quack medicine”), from Hakka 膏藥／膏药 (kò-yo̍k, “herbal plaster, medicated patch, poultice”).

• koyo

koyok (plural koyok-koyok)

1. (pharmacology) medicated patch

Inherited from Malay koyok, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuyuk, from Proto-Austronesian *kuyuk.

koyok (plural koyok-koyok)

1. wild dog

• “koyok” 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.

From Hakka 膏藥／膏药 (kò-yo̍k, “herbal plaster, medicated patch, poultice”).

koyok (Jawi spelling کويوق, plural koyok-koyok)

1. medicated patch.
2. nonsense talk.

• Indonesian: koyok (“medicated patch”)
• → English: koyok (“quack medicine”)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuyuk, from Proto-Austronesian *kuyuk. Doublet of kuyuk.

koyok (Jawi spelling کويوق, plural koyok-koyok)

1. wild dog.

• Indonesian: koyok

• “koyok” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuyuk, from Proto-Austronesian *kuyuk. Cognate with Brunei Malay kuyuk.

• IPA^(key): /kojɔʔ/

koyok

1. dog