"Kuya" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkuja/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈkuː.jɐ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜃᜓᜌ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -uja Etymology: See kuya. Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} Kuya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌ)
  1. (colloquial) honorific used before the name of an elder brother or young male senior: Brother; Mister Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Titles Coordinate_terms: Ka, kaka Coordinate_terms (of a man): Ahiya, ahiya Coordinate_terms (of a woman): Ate, ate, Atsi, atsi
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  "etymology_text": "See kuya.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜓᜌ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Kuya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌ)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ku‧ya"
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "tl",
          "name": "Titles",
          "orig": "tl:Titles",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "coordinate_terms": [
        {
          "sense": "of a man",
          "word": "Ahiya"
        },
        {
          "sense": "of a man",
          "word": "ahiya"
        },
        {
          "sense": "of a woman",
          "word": "Ate"
        },
        {
          "sense": "of a woman",
          "word": "ate"
        },
        {
          "sense": "of a woman",
          "word": "Atsi"
        },
        {
          "sense": "of a woman",
          "word": "atsi"
        },
        {
          "word": "Ka"
        },
        {
          "word": "kaka"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Brother John",
          "text": "Kuya Juan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "honorific used before the name of an elder brother or young male senior: Brother; Mister"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kuya-tl-noun-lM3teVgS",
      "links": [
        [
          "honorific",
          "honorific#English"
        ],
        [
          "elder brother",
          "elder brother#English"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young#English"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male#English"
        ],
        [
          "senior",
          "senior#English"
        ],
        [
          "Brother",
          "Brother"
        ],
        [
          "Mister",
          "Mister"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) honorific used before the name of an elder brother or young male senior: Brother; Mister"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuja/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuː.jɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kuya"
}
{
  "coordinate_terms": [
    {
      "sense": "of a man",
      "word": "Ahiya"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of a man",
      "word": "ahiya"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of a woman",
      "word": "Ate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of a woman",
      "word": "ate"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of a woman",
      "word": "Atsi"
    },
    {
      "sense": "of a woman",
      "word": "atsi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Ka"
    },
    {
      "word": "kaka"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See kuya.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜃᜓᜌ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "Kuya (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜌ)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "Ku‧ya"
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/uja",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/uja/2 syllables",
        "Tagalog 2-syllable words",
        "Tagalog colloquialisms",
        "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tagalog lemmas",
        "Tagalog nouns",
        "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
        "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
        "Tagalog terms with usage examples",
        "tl:Titles"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Brother John",
          "text": "Kuya Juan",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "honorific used before the name of an elder brother or young male senior: Brother; Mister"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "honorific",
          "honorific#English"
        ],
        [
          "elder brother",
          "elder brother#English"
        ],
        [
          "young",
          "young#English"
        ],
        [
          "male",
          "male#English"
        ],
        [
          "senior",
          "senior#English"
        ],
        [
          "Brother",
          "Brother"
        ],
        [
          "Mister",
          "Mister"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) honorific used before the name of an elder brother or young male senior: Brother; Mister"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuja/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈkuː.jɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kuya"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Kuya meaning in Tagalog (1.7kB)

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