paykot

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 排骨 (pâi-kut).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpajkot/ [ˈpaɪ̯.xot̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ajkot
  • Syllabification: pay‧kot

Noun

paykot (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜌ᜔ᜃᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. spareribs

References

  • Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 136