dyak en poy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese じゃんけんぽい (jankenpoi), a variant of じゃんけんぽん (jankenpon, “rock paper scissors”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌdjak ʔen ˈpoj/ [ˌd͡ʒak ʔɛm ˈpoɪ̯]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˌdjak ʔen ˈpoj/ [ˌd̪jak ʔɛm ˈpoɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Syllabification: dyak en poy

Noun

dyak en poy (Baybayin spelling ᜇ᜔ᜌᜃ᜔ ᜁᜈ᜔ ᜉᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. (games) rock paper scissors
    Synonym: bato bato pik

Further reading

  • “dyak en poy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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