bukayo

See also: Bukayọ

English

Noun

bukayo (uncountable)

1. A Filipino dessert made from sweetened coconut strips.

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bu‧ka‧yo

Noun

bukayo

1. candied coconut meat

Related terms

• bukarilyo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• bocayo, boc-hayo, buchayo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• bukhayo — dialectal

Etymology

Compare Ilocano bokayo, Kapampangan bukayu, Cebuano bukhayo, Hiligaynon bukayo, and Maranao bokayo'.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /buˈkajoʔ/ [bʊˈxaː.joʔ]
• Rhymes: -ajoʔ
• Syllabification: bu‧ka‧yo

Noun

bukayò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜌᜓ)

1. bukayo (Filipino dessert made from sweetened coconut strips)

Derived terms

• bukhayuan
• ipagbukhayo
• magbukayo

 

See also

• brokil
• kusilba

 

Further reading

• “bukayo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “bukayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 151.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 183: “Conſerua) Buchayo (pp) dela tierra, ay muchos generos”
  • page 590: “Turron) Buchayo (pp) deſta tierra hazenle de muchas maneras”