keyk

Cebuano

Etymology

From English cake, from Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (“cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *gog- (“ball-shaped object”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: keyk

Noun

keyk

1. a cake; a rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing

Related terms

• kapkeyk

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• keik — dated

Etymology

Borrowed from English cake, from Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkejk/ [ˈkeɪ̯k]
• Rhymes: -ejk
• Syllabification: keyk

Noun

keyk (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜌ᜔ᜃ᜔)

1. cake

Derived terms

• magkeyk

 

See also

• bibingka
• kakanin
• kapal
• mamon
• puto
• torta

 

Further reading

• “keyk”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018