kuyang
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Dupaningan Agta[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuyang
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From kuya + -ng. Compare Kapampangan koyang.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kuyang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌᜅ᜔) (chiefly Nueva Ecija)
- elder brother; big brother
- Synonym: kuya
- (informal) term of address for a male senior (in school, work, etc.)
- Synonym: kuya
- (informal) term of address for any young male: mister; bro
- Synonym: kuya
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- 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 33