penoy

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Hokkien 白 (pe̍h, “white”) & 卵 (nuī, “egg”) or 皮卵 (phôe-nūi, “century egg”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈpenoj/ [ˈpɛː.n̪oɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -enoj
• Syllabification: pe‧noy

Noun

penoy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜓᜌ᜔)

1. hard-boiled duck egg

Further reading

• “penoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018