pusoy
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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ellipsis of pusoy dos. The word itself is likely a compound of puso + Spanish y.
Pronunciation
Noun
pusóy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓᜌ᜔)
- (card games) big two; big deuce; Dai Di; capsa (a shedding type card game of Chinese origin, especially the Philippine variant)
- (card games) poker (especially the Philippine variant)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “PUSOY” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 116