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Tagalog
Etymology
From Spanish indio + -oy. Compare Cebuano inday.
Pronunciation
Adjective
indóy (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜓᜌ᜔)
- (archaic, derogatory, colloquial, slang) ugly (especially natives of the Philippines under the Spanish East Indies, as used by Spaniards during the Spanish Colonial Era)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 61