puko

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Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pu‧ko

Noun

puko

  1. yaws (contagious tropical disease)
  2. a woven basket with a tapering mouth

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

According to Fr. Domingo de los Santos (1835), from po (respect particle) +‎ ko (my; mine) but the glottal stop is left unexplained.

Pronunciation

Particle

pukô (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜃᜓ)

  1. (dialectal, Laguna, Quezon, emphatic) marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing: ma'am; sir
    Synonyms: po, (familiar) ho
  2. (women's speech, obsolete) marks respect toward the person the speaker is addressing

Usage notes

  • Old dictionaries indicate that puko was used by women before while po was used by men.

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