kuwekong

Tagalog

Etymology

From Hokkien 雞公 (koe-kong, “rooster; cock”).[1]

Noun

kuwekong

  1. pimp; mediator between clients and prostitutes

Synonyms

References
  1. Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics‎ (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 133
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