kuya

See also: kũya

English

Etymology

From Tagalog kuya, from Hokkien 哥仔 (ko͘-iá).

Noun

kuya (plural kuyas)

  1. (Philippines) An elder brother.[1]
  2. (Philippines) A respectful title or form of address for an older man.[1]

References
  1. “kuya, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2015.

Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 哥仔 (ko͘-iá) as per Chan-Yap (1980)[1] with an older obsolete form of the diminutive suffix[2][3] as a weak form of 囝 (kiáⁿ, káⁿ). Cognate with Tagalog kuya and Kapampangan koya.

Noun

kuya

  1. an elder brother
  2. a respectful title or form of address for an older man

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

kuya

  1. an oyster; any member of the family Ostreidae

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 141
  2. Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, volume 1, Manila: University of Santo Tomás Archives, 1604, page 344/366
  3. Medhurst, Walter Henry (1832) A Dictionary of the Hok-këèn Dialect of the Chinese Language: According to the Reading and Colloquial Idioms: Containing about 12,000 Characters‎ (in English & Hokkien), Macau: East India Press, page 736

Mato

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈku.jɑ]

Noun

kuya

  1. rain

References
  • Phonological Descriptions of Papua New Guinea Languages (2005, SIL, edited by Steve Parker), section Mato (Nenaya, Nengaya, Nineia) Language, page 28: kuya [ˈku.jɑ] 'rain'

Ngiyambaa

Noun

kuya

  1. fish

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hokkien 哥仔 (ko͘-iá) as per Chan-Yap (1980)[1] with an older obsolete form of the diminutive suffix[2][3] as a weak form of 囝 (kiáⁿ, káⁿ). Cognate with Cebuano kuya and Kapampangan koya. Compare guya.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ku‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ˈkuja/, [ˈku.jɐ]

Noun

kuya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌ)

  1. elder brother; big brother
    Tumutulong si kuya sa aming mga magulang sa mga gawaing bahay.
    Our big brother helps our parents do housework.
  2. (informal) respectful term of address or honorific for a young man or boy or any male older than oneself; mister; bro
    Bumili ako ng sorbetes kay kuya.
    I bought ice cream from the mister.
  3. (informal) male upperclassman; male senior
    Tinanong ko ang kuya sa hayskul, "Kuya, ano po ang mga gawain niyo sa hayskul".
    I asked my senior from high school, "Bro, What activities do you do in high school?"

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See also

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 141
  2. Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, volume 1, Manila: University of Santo Tomás Archives, 1604, page 344/366
  3. Medhurst, Walter Henry (1832) A Dictionary of the Hok-këèn Dialect of the Chinese Language: According to the Reading and Colloquial Idioms: Containing about 12,000 Characters‎ (in English & Hokkien), Macau: East India Press, page 736
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