pakyaw

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 縛繳 / 缚缴 (pa̍k-kiáu, literally “to submit by bundles”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) or 跋繳 / 跋缴 (poa̍h-kiáu, literally “to gamble; to bet money”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpakjaw/ [ˈpak.jɐʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: pak‧yaw

Noun

pakyaw

1. wholesale

Verb

pakyaw

1. to buy in bulk; to buy wholesale
2. to book a private ride (e.g., taxis, tricycles, etc.)

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 縛繳 / 缚缴 (pa̍k-kiáu, literally “to submit by bundles”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) or 跋繳 / 跋缴 (poa̍h-kiáu, literally “to gamble; to bet money”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈkjau/, [paˈkjau̯]
• Hyphenation: pak‧yaw

Noun

pakyáw

1. wholesale buying

Verb

pakyáw

1. to buy wholesale

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for pakyaw

Tense	Infinitive	Past	Present	Future
Zamboanga City conjugation	pakyaw	ya pakyaw	ta pakyaw	ay pakyaw
Cavite conjugation				di pakyaw

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 縛繳 / 缚缴 (pa̍k-kiáu, literally “to submit by bundles”) according to Chan-Yap (1980) or 跋繳 / 跋缴 (poa̍h-kiáu, literally “to gamble; to bet money”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pakˈjaw/ [pɐkˈjaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: pak‧yaw
• Homophone: Pacquiao

Noun

pakyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)

1. wholesale buying
2. contract labor (as in building a house)

Derived terms

• mamamakyaw

 

See also

• tingi

 

Further reading

• “pakyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 145
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “wholesale buying”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI