kuya

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Tagalog kuya, from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá).

Noun[edit]

kuya (plural kuyas)

  1. (Philippines) An elder brother.[1]
  2. (Philippines) A respectful title or form of address for an older man.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “kuya, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2015.

Anagrams[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá) as per Chan-Yap (1980)[1] with an older obsolete form of the diminutive suffix[2][3] as a weak form of 囝 (kiáⁿ, káⁿ). Cognate with Tagalog kuya and Kapampangan koya.

Noun[edit]

kuya

  1. an elder brother
  2. a respectful title or form of address for an older man

Etymology 2[edit]

Unknown

Noun[edit]

kuya

  1. an oyster; any member of the family Ostreidae

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 141
  2. ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (in Early Modern Spanish & Early Manila Hokkien, with some Middle Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642, page 344/366; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中); Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁); José, Regalado Trota; Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018
  3. ^ Medhurst, Walter Henry (1832) A Dictionary of the Hok-këèn Dialect of the Chinese Language: According to the Reading and Colloquial Idioms: Containing about 12,000 Characters‎[1] (in English & Hokkien), Macau: East India Press, page 736

Mato[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

kuya

  1. rain

References[edit]

  • Phonological Descriptions of Papua New Guinea Languages (2005, SIL, edited by Steve Parker), section Mato (Nenaya, Nengaya, Nineia) Language, page 28: kuya [ˈku.jɑ] 'rain'

Ngiyambaa[edit]

Noun[edit]

kuya

  1. fish

Tagalog[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá) as per Chan-Yap (1980)[1] with an older obsolete form of the diminutive suffix[2][3] as a weak form of 囝 (kiáⁿ, káⁿ). Cognate with Cebuano kuya and Kapampangan koya. Compare guya and piaya.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: ku‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuja/, [ˈku.jɐ]

Noun[edit]

kuya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌ)

  1. elder brother; big brother
    Synonym: kuyang
    Tumutulong si kuya sa aming mga magulang sa mga gawaing bahay.
    Our big brother helps our parents do housework.
  2. (informal) term of address for a male senior (in school, work, etc.)
    Synonym: kuyang
    Tinanong ko ang kuya sa hayskul, "Kuya, ano po ang mga gawain niyo sa hayskul".
    I asked my senior from high school, "Bro, What activities do you do in high school?"
  3. (informal) term of address for any young male: mister; bro
    Synonym: kuyang
    Bumili ako ng sorbetes kay kuya.
    I bought ice cream from the mister.

Coordinate terms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 141
  2. ^ Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (in Early Modern Spanish & Early Manila Hokkien, with some Middle Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642, page 344/366; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中); Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁); José, Regalado Trota; Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018
  3. ^ Medhurst, Walter Henry (1832) A Dictionary of the Hok-këèn Dialect of the Chinese Language: According to the Reading and Colloquial Idioms: Containing about 12,000 Characters‎[2] (in English & Hokkien), Macau: East India Press, page 736

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