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English
Noun
bukayo (uncountable)
- A Filipino dessert made from sweetened coconut strips.
Cebuano
Pronunciation
Noun
bukayo
- candied coconut meat
Tagalog
Etymology
Compare Ilocano bokayo, Kapampangan bukayu, Cebuano bukhayo, Hiligaynon bukayo, and Maranao bokayo'.
Pronunciation
Noun
bukayò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃᜌᜓ)
- bukayo (Filipino dessert made from sweetened coconut strips)
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “bukayo”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “bukayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 151.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 183: “Conſerua) Buchayo (pp) dela tierra, ay muchos generos”
- page 590: “Turron) Buchayo (pp) deſta tierra hazenle de muchas maneras”