pusoy
Tagalog edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Ellipsis of pusoy dos. The word itself is likely a compound of puso + Spanish y.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pusóy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜐᜓᜌ᜔)
- (card games) big two; big deuce; Dai Di; capsa (a shedding type card game of Chinese origin, especially the Philippine variant)
- (card games) poker (especially the Philippine variant)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “PUSOY” in Tagalog-English Dictionary, TAGALOG LANG, 2007.
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 116