tokayo

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tocayo.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: to‧ka‧yo
  • IPA(key): /toˈkajo/, [toˈka.jo]

Noun

tokayo (feminine tokaya)

  1. a namesake; a person with the same name as another
    Synonym: kapangaran

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tocayo (“namesake (person having the same name)”).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: to‧ka‧yo
  • IPA(key): /toˈkajo/, [t̪ɔˈka.jɔ]

Noun

tokayo (feminine tokaya)

  1. a namesake; a person with the same name as another
    Synonym: sangay

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tocayo (“namesake”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /toˈkajo/ [toˈxa.jo]
  • Rhymes: -ajo
  • Syllabification: to‧ka‧yo

Noun

tokayo (feminine tokaya, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜃᜌᜓ)

  1. namesake; person with the same name as another
    Synonyms: kapangalan, kangalan, kasangay, lagyo, kalagyo

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “tokayo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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