kuyo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish cuello, attested in Vocabulario de lengua tagala (1613), from Old Spanish cuello, from Latin collum. Doublet of kuwelyo, a later borrowing.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkujo/ [ˈkuː.jo]
  • Rhymes: -ujo
  • Syllabification: ku‧yo

Noun

kuyo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. collar (part of a shirt fitting around the neck)
    Synonym: kuwelyo
  2. ruff (circular frill or ruffle on a garment)

Further reading

  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 129: “Cabeçon) Coyo (pp) C. de ropilla o jubon”
    • page 206: “Cuello) Coyo (pp) C. de camiſa, o ſayo, de [lechuguillas] ollano”
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 319

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