tsukoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • chucoy

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 吹管 (chhoe-kúiⁿ, “blowpipe”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃukoj/ [ˈt͡ʃuː.xoɪ̯]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsukoj/ [ˈt͡suː.xoɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -ukoj
  • Syllabification: tsu‧koy

Noun

tsukoy (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜃᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. blowpipe; blowtorch
    Synonyms: sumpit, sumpak, soplete, hihip

Further reading

  • “tsukoy”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “tsukoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1307.
  • 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 66
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