puko

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pu‧ko

Noun

puko

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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• poco — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

According to Fr. Domingo de los Santos (1835), from po (respect particle) +‎ ko (“my; mine”) but the glottal stop is left unexplained. See also Malay pokok (“principal; something important”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /puˈkoʔ/ [pʊˈxoʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: pu‧ko

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.

Related terms

• po
• pupo

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 823
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1084
• 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.