siyok
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Chinese. Compare Hokkien 嗖 (siok, “cackle; a kind of laugh; cry by birds when shooed away; bird's weeping sound; whoosh”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈok/ [sɪˈok]
- Rhymes: -ok
- Syllabification: si‧yok
Noun[edit]
siyók (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃ᜔)
- sudden cry of a frightened chicken
- Synonym: piyak
- sound produced in an attempt to dislodge something that blocks the throat
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “siyok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018