pakyaw

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 縛繳 / 缚缴 (pa̍k-kiáu, literally “to submit by bundles”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) or 跋繳 / 跋缴 (poa̍h-kiáu, literally “to gamble; to bet money”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpakjaw/ [ˈpak.jɐʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: pak‧yaw

pakyaw

1. wholesale

pakyaw

1. to buy in bulk; to buy wholesale
2. to book a private ride (e.g., taxis, tricycles, etc.)

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 縛繳 / 缚缴 (pa̍k-kiáu, literally “to submit by bundles”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) or 跋繳 / 跋缴 (poa̍h-kiáu, literally “to gamble; to bet money”).

• IPA^(key): /paˈkjau/, [paˈkjau̯]
• Hyphenation: pak‧yaw

pakyáw

1. wholesale buying

pakyáw

1. to buy wholesale

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 縛繳 / 缚缴 (pa̍k-kiáu, literally “to submit by bundles”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) or 跋繳 / 跋缴 (poa̍h-kiáu, literally “to gamble; to bet money”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pakˈjaw/ [pɐkˈjaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: pak‧yaw
• Homophone: Pacquiao

pakyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)

1. wholesale buying
2. contract labor (as in building a house)

• “pakyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 145
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “wholesale buying”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI