See kuya on Wiktionary
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"3": "kuya"
},
"expansion": "Tagalog kuya",
"name": "bor"
},
{
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"1": "en",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "哥仔",
"tr": "*ko-iá"
},
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"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Tagalog kuya, from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá).",
"forms": [
{
"form": "kuyas",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"categories": [
"Philippine English"
],
"glosses": [
"An elder brother."
],
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"elder",
"elder"
],
[
"brother",
"brother"
]
],
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"(Philippines) An elder brother."
],
"tags": [
"Philippines"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Philippine English"
],
"glosses": [
"A respectful title or form of address for an older man."
],
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"(Philippines) A respectful title or form of address for an older man."
],
"tags": [
"Philippines"
]
}
],
"word": "kuya"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"tl:Male family members",
"tl:Siblings"
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "met",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "kuya",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "met",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Mato entries with incorrect language header",
"Mato lemmas",
"Mato nouns",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"rain"
],
"links": [
[
"rain",
"rain"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈku.jɑ]"
}
],
"word": "kuya"
}
{
"categories": [
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"tl:Male family members",
"tl:Siblings"
],
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{
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"1": "wyb",
"2": "nouns"
},
"expansion": "kuya",
"name": "head"
}
],
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"lang_code": "wyb",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Ngiyambaa entries with incorrect language header",
"Ngiyambaa lemmas",
"Ngiyambaa nouns",
"Pages with 5 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"wyb:Fish"
],
"glosses": [
"fish"
],
"links": [
[
"fish",
"fish"
]
]
}
],
"word": "kuya"
}
{
"descendants": [
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Anim:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Marind: kuyu"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Gogodalic-Suki:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Suki: gigoa"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Mailuan:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Mailu: guia"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Koiarian:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Koiari: iya"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Yareban:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Yareba: uyau"
},
{
"depth": 1,
"templates": [],
"text": "Manubaran:"
},
{
"depth": 2,
"templates": [],
"text": "Maria: kuyau"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "ngf-pro",
"2": "noun"
},
"expansion": "*kuya",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Proto-Trans-New Guinea",
"lang_code": "ngf-pro",
"original_title": "Reconstruction:Proto-Trans-New Guinea/kuya",
"pos": "noun",
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{
"categories": [
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Proto-Trans-New Guinea entries with incorrect language header",
"Proto-Trans-New Guinea lemmas",
"Proto-Trans-New Guinea nouns",
"Proto-Trans-New Guinea terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys"
],
"glosses": [
"cassowary"
],
"links": [
[
"cassowary",
"cassowary"
]
],
"tags": [
"reconstruction"
]
}
],
"word": "kuya"
}
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"Pages with entries",
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"Rhymes:Tagalog/uja/2 syllables",
"Tagalog 2-syllable words",
"Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
"Tagalog lemmas",
"Tagalog nouns",
"Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien",
"Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien",
"Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
"Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
"Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
"tl:Male family members",
"tl:Siblings"
],
"coordinate_terms": [
{
"word": "ate"
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],
"derived": [
{
"word": "kuyang"
},
{
"word": "kuys"
},
{
"word": "magkuya"
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "tl",
"2": "nan-hbl",
"3": "哥仔",
"tr": "*ko-iá"
},
"expansion": "Borrowed from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá)",
"name": "bor+"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "囝",
"tr": "kiáⁿ, káⁿ"
},
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"name": "zh-l"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "ceb",
"2": "kuya"
},
"expansion": "Cebuano kuya",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "pam",
"2": "koya"
},
"expansion": "Kapampangan koya",
"name": "cog"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá) as per Chan-Yap (1980) and Manuel (1948) with an older obsolete form of the diminutive suffix as a weak form of 囝 (kiáⁿ, káⁿ). Cognate with Cebuano kuya and Kapampangan koya. Compare guya and piaya.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "ᜃᜓᜌ",
"tags": [
"Baybayin"
]
},
{
"form": "coya",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "cuya",
"tags": [
"alternative"
]
},
{
"form": "koya",
"tags": [
"alternative",
"colloquial"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"b": "+"
},
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"name": "tl-noun"
}
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"hyphenation": [
"ku‧ya"
],
"lang": "Tagalog",
"lang_code": "tl",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "ahiya"
},
{
"word": "diko"
},
{
"word": "sangko"
},
{
"word": "siko"
},
{
"word": "kaka"
},
{
"word": "mama"
},
{
"word": "manong"
}
],
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{
"categories": [
"Tagalog terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
4,
15
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
14,
18
]
],
"english": "Our big brother helps our parents do housework.",
"text": "Tumutulong si kuya sa aming mga magulang sa mga gawaing bahay.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"elder brother; big brother"
],
"links": [
[
"elder brother",
"elder brother"
],
[
"big brother",
"big brother"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kuyang"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Tagalog informal terms",
"Tagalog terms with usage examples"
],
"examples": [
{
"bold_english_offsets": [
[
11,
17
],
[
37,
40
]
],
"bold_text_offsets": [
[
16,
20
],
[
34,
38
]
],
"english": "I asked my senior from high school, \"Bro, What activities do you do in high school?\"",
"text": "Tinanong ko ang kuya sa hayskul, \"Kuya, ano po ang mga gawain niyo sa hayskul\".",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"term of address for a male senior (in school, work, etc.)"
],
"links": [
[
"term of address",
"term of address#English"
],
[
"male",
"male#English"
],
[
"senior",
"senior#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal) term of address for a male senior (in school, work, etc.)"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kuyang"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
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"Tagalog informal terms",
"Tagalog terms with usage examples"
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{
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28,
34
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"bold_text_offsets": [
[
27,
31
]
],
"english": "I bought ice cream from the mister.",
"text": "Bumili ako ng sorbetes kay kuya.",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"term of address for any young male perceived to be older than the speaker: mister; bro"
],
"links": [
[
"term of address",
"term of address#English"
],
[
"young",
"young#English"
],
[
"male",
"male#English"
],
[
"mister",
"mister"
],
[
"bro",
"bro"
]
],
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"(informal) term of address for any young male perceived to be older than the speaker: mister; bro"
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "kuyang"
},
{
"tags": [
"slang"
],
"word": "kuys"
}
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Bulacan Tagalog",
"Tagalog informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"eldest male cousin"
],
"links": [
[
"eldest",
"eldest"
],
[
"male",
"male"
],
[
"cousin",
"cousin"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(Bulacan, informal) eldest male cousin"
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"Quezon Tagalog",
"Tagalog informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"uncle"
],
"links": [
[
"uncle",
"uncle"
]
],
"qualifier": "Laguna",
"raw_glosses": [
"(Laguna, Quezon, informal) uncle"
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkuja/",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈkuː.jɐ]",
"tags": [
"Standard-Tagalog"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-uja"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"Dominican Order",
"National Tsing Hua University",
"University of Santo Tomas#Libraries and archives"
],
"word": "kuya"
}
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