kuwaho

• kuaju

From Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護／看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, English Cuajo, English Khanhoo, Spanish cuajo.

kuwaho

1. a kind of card game

   Synonyms: ipis kuaju, barajang kuaju

• cuajo
• huaho

• Hyphenation: ku‧wa‧ho
• IPA^(key): /kuˈaho/, [ˈkwa.ho]

From Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護／看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Kapampangan kuwaho, English Cuajo, English Khanhoo, Spanish cuajo.
According to Manuel (1948), (sic)

Kuwaho. [khoàⁿ(to see)-o (a particle expressing the end of a

game), a Ch. game of cards for four players;FF.huaho, a game

of cards.] A game of cards played by four persons only. Mag-

kuwaho, to play the game; magpakuwaho, to hold the game under

a management; magkukuwaho, a player.

kuwaho

1. (card games) a kind of card game consisting of 144 cards played by three or four players

From Spanish cuajo.

kuwaho

1. rennet

   Synonym: labot

• “kuwaho”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
• Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2‎, page 106
• 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 146
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948) Chinese elements in the Tagalog language‎, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 33