siyokoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms
  • siyukoy
  • shokoy

Etymology

A metathesis of Hokkien 水鬼 (chúi-kúi). For the second sense, coined by Virgilio S. Almario.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siˈokoj/, [ˈʃo.xoɪ̯]
  • Hyphenation: si‧yo‧koy

Noun

siyokoy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. (folklore) siyokoy; merman (especially the Philippine version)
  2. (linguistics) siyokoy, a pseudo-loan or hybrid word seemingly derived from both English and Spanish; a pseudo-Hispanism

See also

Further reading
  • “siyokoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • 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 55
  • 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 146
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.