buktsoy

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English bok choy, from Cantonese 白菜 (baak6 coi3, “Chinese cabbage”, literally “white vegetable”). Doublet of petsay.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bukˈt͡ʃoj/ [bʊkˈt͡ʃoɪ̯]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /bukˈtsoj/ [bʊkˈt͡soɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Syllabification: buk‧tsoy

Noun

buktsóy (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜃ᜔ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. bok choy
    Synonym: petsay
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