kiyo

Amis

Noun

kiyo

1. eggplant

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• qiyo, quiyo — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Chinese, according to Panganiban (1973). Compare Hokkien 叫雞 / 叫鸡 (kiò-koe, “to visit a prostitute”, literally “to call a chicken”). See also kuwekong.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kiˈoʔ/ [ˈkjoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ki‧yo

Noun

kiyô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌᜓ)

1. harlot; lascivious woman

   Synonym: puta

Derived terms

• kiyuin

 

Further reading

• “kiyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 294