tsoku

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Mardijker *coku (“squid; cuttlefish”), from Portuguese choco (“cuttlefish”), from Vulgar Latin *cluccus, metathesis of *cuclus, from Latin cucullus (“hood”). See also Spanish choco (“cuttlefish”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃoku/ [ˈt͡ʃoː.xʊ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈtsoku/ [ˈt͡soː.xʊ]
  • Rhymes: -oku
  • Syllabification: tso‧ku

Noun

tsoku (Baybayin spelling ᜆ᜔ᜐᜓᜃᜓ) (dialectal, Cavite)

  1. squid; cuttlefish
    Synonyms: pusit, bangkuta

Further reading

  • Medina, Isagani R. (2001) Ang Kabite Sa Gunita: Essays on Cavite and the Philippine Revolution‎[1] (in Tagalog), University of the Philippines Press, →ISBN
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