cuajo
See also: cuajó
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish cuajo, from Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護/看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, Kapampangan kuwaho, English khanhoo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cuajo (uncountable)
- (Philippines, card games) a kind of card game, similar to Khanhoo
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old Spanish [Term?], from Latin coāgulum. Compare the borrowed doublet coágulo.
Noun edit
cuajo m (plural cuajos)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
cuajo
Etymology 3 edit
Borrowed from Hokkien, possibly 看好 (khòaⁿ-hó) or 看護/看护 (khàn-hō͘ / khòaⁿ-hō͘ / khan-hō͘) or 看虎 (khòaⁿ hó͘, literally “watching the tiger”). Compare Tagalog kuwaho, Kapampangan kuwaho, English Cuajo, English Khanhoo.
Noun edit
cuajo m (plural cuajos)
- (Philippines, card games) a kind of card game
Further reading edit
- “cuajo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014