dyak en poy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

jak-en-poy

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese じゃんけんぽい (jankenpoi), a variant of じゃんけんぽん (jankenpon, “rock paper scissors”).

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: dyak‧en‧poy

IPA^(key): /ˌdjak ʔen ˈpoj/, [ˌdjak ʔem ˈpoɪ̯]

Noun

dyak en poy

(games) rock paper scissors
Synonym: bato bato pik

Further reading

“dyak en poy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

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