pakyaw

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly:

• 縛 / 缚 (pa̍k, “to tie up; to bind; bundle; to contract”) +‎ 繳 / 缴 (kiáu, “to hand over”) according to Chan-Yap (1980), which she defined as “to submit by bundles”.
• 拍 (phah, “to hit; to shoot; to perform”) +‎ 抾 (khioh, “to gather; to collect”) according to Manuel (1948), which he defined the former as “perform a task all at once”, then the latter as “transact business”.
• 跋繳 / 跋缴 (poa̍h-kiáu, “to gamble; to bet money”, literally “to throw bets”).

Compare Tagalog pakyaw.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpakjaw/ [ˈpak.jɐʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: pak‧yaw

pakyaw

1. wholesale

pakyaw

1. to buy in bulk; to buy wholesale
2. to book a private ride (e.g., taxis, tricycles, etc.)

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly:

• 縛 / 缚 (pa̍k, “to tie up; to bind; bundle; to contract”) +‎ 繳 / 缴 (kiáu, “to hand over”) according to Chan-Yap (1980), which she defined as “to submit by bundles”.
• 拍 (phah, “to hit; to shoot; to perform”) +‎ 抾 (khioh, “to gather; to collect”) according to Manuel (1948), which he defined the former as “perform a task all at once”, then the latter as “transact business”.
• 跋繳 / 跋缴 (poa̍h-kiáu, “to gamble; to bet money”, literally “to throw bets”).

Compare Tagalog pakyaw.

• IPA^(key): /paˈkjau/, [paˈkjau̯]
• Hyphenation: pak‧yaw

pakyáw

1. wholesale buying

pakyáw

1. to buy wholesale

Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly:

• 縛 / 缚 (pa̍k, “to tie up; to bind; bundle; to contract”) +‎ 繳 / 缴 (kiáu, “to hand over”) according to Chan-Yap (1980), which she defined as “to submit by bundles”.
• 拍 (phah, “to hit; to shoot; to perform”) +‎ 抾 (khioh, “to gather; to collect”) according to Manuel (1948), which he defined the former as “perform a task all at once”, then the latter as “transact business”.
• 跋繳 / 跋缴 (poa̍h-kiáu, “to gamble; to bet money”, literally “to throw bets”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pakˈjaw/ [pɐkˈjaʊ̯]
• Rhymes: -aw
• Syllabification: pak‧yaw
• Homophone: Pacquiao

pakyáw (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜃ᜔ᜌᜏ᜔)

1. wholesale buying
2. contract labor (as in building a house)

• “pakyaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 145
• Manuel, E. Arsenio (1948), Chinese elements in the Tagalog language: with some indication of Chinese influence on other Philippine languages and cultures and an excursion into Austronesian linguistics, Manila: Filipiniana Publications, page 42
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “wholesale buying”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI