suyod

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• soyor — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• suyor — dialectal, Rizal, informal

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sujud (“fine-toothed lice comb”), possibly borrowed via an intermediary language or existed as *sulod with elision of /l/ becoming /j/ instead of /w/ or /ʔ/. Compare Bikol Central surod and Dupaningan Agta surod.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈsujod/ [ˈsuː.jod̪̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ujod
  • IPA^(key): /suˈjod/ [sʊˈjod̪̚] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -od
• Syllabification: su‧yod

Noun

suyod (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

1. fine-toothed comb for removing lice and nits
2. catching of lice using such a comb

   Synonym: pagsusuyod

3. (agriculture) harrow

   Synonyms: kalaykay, kalmot

4. (agriculture) harrowing of a plowed or cultivated field

   Synonyms: pagsuyod, pagsusuyod

5. (sewing) shuttle

   Synonym: lansadera

6. currycomb (for horses, cattle, etc.)

   Synonym: almohasa

7. (figurative) combing of a place (to search for something)

   Synonyms: saliksik, pagsaliksik, pagsasaliksik

Derived terms

• magsuyod
• masuyod
• pagsusuyod
• pagsuyod
• panuyod
• sinuyod
• suyurin

 

See also

• kalmot
• suklay

Adjective

suyód (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜌᜓᜇ᜔)

1. already harrowed (of a cultivated field)

   Synonym: nasuyod

2. (figurative) thoroughly combed or searched (of a place)

Further reading

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