siyok
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Chinese. Compare Hokkien 嗖 (siok, “cackle; a kind of laugh; cry by birds when shooed away; bird's weeping sound; whoosh”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
siyók (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃ᜔)
- sudden cry of a frightened chicken
- Synonym: piyak
- sound produced in an attempt to dislodge something that blocks the throat
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “siyok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018