tsukoy
التعريفات والمعاني
== 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)
blowpipe; blowtorch
Synonyms: sumpit, sumpak, soplete, hihip
=== Further reading ===
“tsukoy”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“tsukoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: 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