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Noun
kiyo
- eggplant
Tagalog
Etymology
From Chinese, according to Panganiban (1973). Compare Hokkien 叫雞／叫鸡 (kiò-koe, “to visit a prostitute”, literally “to call a chicken”). See also kuwekong.
Pronunciation
Noun
kiyô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌᜓ)
- harlot; lascivious woman
- Synonym: puta
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kiyo”, 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 (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 294