kuya
See also: kũya
English
Noun
kuya (plural kuyas)
- (Philippines) An elder brother.[1]
- (Philippines) A respectful title or form of address for an older man.[1]
References
- “kuya, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2015.
Cebuano
Etymology 1
From Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-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.
Etymology 2
Unknown
References
- 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
- Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (in Early Modern Spanish & Early Manila Hokkien, with some Middle Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642, page 344/366; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中); Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁); José, Regalado Trota; Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
- 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]
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
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- coya, cuya — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
- koya — now colloquial
Etymology
Borrowed from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-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 and piaya.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧ya
- IPA(key): /ˈkuja/, [ˈku.jɐ]
Noun
kuya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌ)
- elder brother; big brother
- Synonym: kuyang
- Tumutulong si kuya sa aming mga magulang sa mga gawaing bahay.
- Our big brother helps our parents do housework.
- (informal) term of address for a male senior (in school, work, etc.)
- Synonym: kuyang
- 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?"
- (informal) term of address for any young male: mister; bro
- Synonym: kuyang
- Bumili ako ng sorbetes kay kuya.
- I bought ice cream from the mister.
Coordinate terms
References
- 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
- Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum (in Early Modern Spanish & Early Manila Hokkien, with some Middle Mandarin), kept as Vocabulario Español-Chino con caracteres chinos (TOMO 215) in the University of Santo Tomás Archives, Manila: Dominican Order of Preachers, O.P., 1626-1642, page 344/366; republished as Lee, Fabio Yuchung (李毓中); Chen, Tsung-jen (陳宗仁); José, Regalado Trota; Caño, José Luis Ortigosa, editors, Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series I: Dictionario Hispanico Sinicum, Hsinchu: National Tsing Hua University Press, 2018, →ISBN
- 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
Further reading
- “kuya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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