samyo

Tagalog

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly from:

Hokkien 散藥 / 糝藥 / 散药 / 糁药 (sám io̍h, “to sprinkle traditional Chinese medicine / traditional Chinese medicine in powder form”)
Hokkien 散藥粉 / 糝藥粉 / 散药粉 / 糁药粉 (sám io̍h-hún, “to sprinkle medicinal powder”) according to Chan-Yap (1980).^[1]^[2]

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /samˈjo/ [sɐmˈjo]
  - Rhymes: -o
- IPA^(key): /samˈjoʔ/ [sɐmˈjoʔ]
  - Rhymes: -oʔ
Syllabification: sam‧yo

samyó or samyô (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜌᜓ)

^ 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 135
^ Douglas, Carstairs (1873) “sám io̍h-hún”, in Chinese-English Dictionary of the Vernacular or Spoken Language of Amoy, With the Principal Variations of the Chang-chew and Chin-chew Dialects. (overall work in Hokkien and English), London: Trübner & Co., page 409; New Edition, With Corrections by the Author., Thomas Barclay, Lîm Iàn-sîn 林燕臣, London: Publishing Office of the Presbyterian Church of England, 1899, page 409