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Borrowed from Hokkien, the first syllable of which most likely is from 雞／鸡(ke, “chicken”) (as noted by Manuel (1948), though the chief ingredient of the dish nowadays is pork). The second syllable is unclear, though it may possibly be from:
From 卷(kńg, “roll”). Compare 雞卷／鸡卷(koe-kńg, “ngo hiang”), though unlikely since dialects that use the pronunciation "ke" for 雞／鸡 would use "kúiⁿ" for 卷.
The slang sense is from the first syllable being homophonous to the last syllable of puki according to Zorc (1993).
“kikyam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 106
Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 34
Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 117
Barclay, Thomas (1923) “繭 *kién - koe-kién”, in Supplement to Dictionary of the Amoy Colloquial Language (overall work in Hokkien and English), Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Limited, page 104
Barclay, Thomas (1923) “鷄 koe - koe-kién”, in Supplement to Dictionary of the Amoy Colloquial Language (overall work in Hokkien and English), Shanghai: The Commercial Press, Limited, page 116
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