unggoy

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ung‧goy

Noun

unggoy

1. a primate especially a monkey or ape
2. the player with the unpaired card in a game of unggoyunggoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• unggo — rare

Etymology

From unggo +‎ -oy. Compare Cebuano unggoy. See also tsonggo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuŋˈɡoj/ [ʔʊŋˈɡoɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -oj
• Syllabification: ung‧goy

Noun

unggóy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜅ᜔ᜄᜓᜌ᜔)

1. monkey

   Synonyms: tsonggo, matsing

Derived terms

• unggoy-ungguyan
• ungguyan