tsukoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• chucoy

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 吹管 (chhoe-kúiⁿ, “blowpipe”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃukoj/ [ˈt͡ʃuː.xoɪ̯]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsukoj/ [ˈt͡suː.xoɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -ukoj
• Syllabification: tsu‧koy

Noun

tsukoy (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜃᜓᜌ᜔)

1. blowpipe; blowtorch

   Synonyms: sumpit, sumpak, soplete, hihip

Further reading

• “tsukoy”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “tsukoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1307
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 66