sikoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sicoy — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsikoj/ [ˈsiː.xoɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ikoj
• Syllabification: si‧koy

Noun

sikoy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜌ᜔)

1. saddle grunt (Pomadasys maculatus)

Alternative forms

• sekoy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 西瓜 (si-koe, “watermelon”, literally “western melon”). Compare Kapampangan sikui (“white and long gourd”) and Brunei Malay sikoi (“watermelon”). See also Cebuano sikay (“calabash”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈkoj/ [sɪˈxoɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -oj
• Syllabification: si‧koy

Noun

sikóy (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜃᜓᜌ᜔)

1. (dialectal, Bulacan, Laguna) winter melon; wax gourd (Benincasa hispida)

   Synonyms: kundol, tibyayong, (Cavite) malingga, (obsolete) kamagalingga

2. (obsolete) watermelon (Citrullus lanatus) [16th–17th c.]

   Synonyms: pakwan, sandiya, (Quezon) kandoy

Related terms

• singguwatse

See also

• kalabasa
• minatamis
• upo

Further reading

• “sikoy”, 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
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 545: “Sandia) Sicoy (pc) fruta conoçida”