pusoy dos
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Etymology[edit]
From pusoy + dos, where the former is from puso (“heart (card)”) + Spanish y (“and”), while the latter is from Spanish dos (“two (card)”). Compare treynta y dos, setenta y dos, sesenta y dos
The card game itself is of Chinese origin despite the name. Compare Indonesian capsa susun, Hokkien 十三 (cha̍p-saⁿ), Vietnamese tiến lên, Cantonese 鋤大弟 / 鋤大D/锄大弟 / 锄大D (co4 daai6 di2).
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Noun[edit]
pusóy dos (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓᜌ᜔ ᜇᜓᜐ᜔)
- (card games) big two; big deuce; Dai Di (a shedding type card game of Chinese origin, especially the Philippine variant)
- (card games) poker (especially the Philippine variant)
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Further reading[edit]
- “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