pusoy

Tagalog

Alternative forms

posoy

Etymology

Ellipsis of pusoy dos. The word itself is likely a compound of puso +‎ Spanish y.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pu‧soy

IPA^(key): /puˈsoj/, [pʊˈsoɪ̯]

Noun

pusoy

(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)

Synonyms

chikicha
sikitcha

Derived terms

napusoy
pupusuyin

Further reading

“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

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