kahoy

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *kahuy, from Proto-Central Philippine *kahuy, from Proto-Philippine *kahiw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkahoj/ [ˈkaː.hoj]
• Rhymes: -ahoj
• Syllabification: ka‧hoy

Noun

kahoy

1. tree; wood

Cebuano

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *kahuy, from Proto-Central Philippine *kahuy, from Proto-Philippine *kahiw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkahoj/ [ˈka.hoɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: ka‧hoy

Noun

kahoy (Badlit spelling ᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔)

1. a tree
2. wood; lumber; timber
3. firewood

Adjective

kahoy (Badlit spelling ᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔)

1. made of wood
2. as of made of wood

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:kahoy.

Derived terms

• kahoyon
• kakahoyan
• mangahoy
• pagpangahoy

Central Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *kahuy, from Proto-Philippine *kahiw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkahoj/ [ˈka.hoɪ̯]
• IPA^(key): /ˈkaʔoj/ [ˈka.ʔoɪ̯] (h-dropping)
• Hyphenation: ka‧hoy

Noun

káhoy (Basahan spelling ᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔)

1. (botany) tree
2. wood, timber

   Synonym: pasagi

Derived terms

• kakahoyan
• makahoy
• mangahoy

See also

• puon
• retaso
• tableriya

Dupaningan Agta

Noun

kahoy

1. cassava

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Bisayan *kahuy, from Proto-Central Philippine *kahuy, from Proto-Philippine *kahiw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Noun

kahoy

1. tree

Karao

Noun

kahoy

1. cassava

Moken

Noun

kahoy

1. smoke

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cahoy, cahuy — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw

Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw

Proto-Philippine *kahiw

Tagalog kahoy

From Proto-Central Philippine *kahuy, from Proto-Philippine *kahiw (cf. Yami kayo, Ibatan kayo, Pangasinan kiew, Cebuano kahoy, and Tausug kahuy), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw (cf. Malagasy hazo, Malay kayu, and Māori kau), from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkahoj/ [ˈkaː.hoɪ̯]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ahoj
• Syllabification: ka‧hoy

Noun

kahoy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔)

1. wood
2. lumber
3. (by extension) firewood

   Synonyms: dupong, saloong, panggatong, agipo

4. (dated) tree

   Synonyms: puno, punongkahoy

   Mataas na mataas ang kahoy na ito.

   This tree is very high.

Derived terms

• anis-kahoy
• bulak-kahoy
• bungangkahoy
• kahoy-dalaga
• kahoy-lalao
• kahuyan
• kahuyin
• kakahuyan
• kamoteng-kahoy
• kung ano ang kahoy, siyang tatal
• mag-asawang kahoy
• mangahoy
• mangangahoy
• panday-kahoy
• pangahuyan
• punongkahoy

See also

• kayepute
• kayumanis
• kayumanggi
• pidpid
• troso

Adjective

kahoy (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜑᜓᜌ᜔)

1. wooden
2. (figurative, obsolete) virtueless

Further reading

• “kahoy”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “kahoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kaSiw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835), Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala, primera y segunda parte. En la primera, se pone primero el Castellano, y despues el Tagalo. Y en la segunda al contrario, que son las raíces simples con sus acentos.‎^[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: La Imprenta nueva de D. José María Dayot, por Tomás Oliva.
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 71: “Arbol) Cahuy (pp) fructifero o no y aſi preguntan, namomong̃a itong cahuy? es fructifero eſte arbol?”
  • page 386: “Leña) Cahuy (pp) para quemar”
  • page 386: “Leño) Cahuy (pp) ſeco y no bueno ſino para el fuego”
  • page 402: “Madero) Cahuy (pp) qualquiera q̃ ſea”
  • page 462: “Palo) Cahuy (pp) qualquiera [q̃ ſea] chico o grande para el fuego ꝑa nauio, caſa. &c.”

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