pusoy dos

• posoy dos
• posoy-dos

From pusoy +‎ dos, where the former is from puso (“heart (card)”) +‎ Spanish y (“and”), while the latter is from Spanish dos (“two (card)”). Compare treynta y dos, setenta y dos, sesenta y dos
The card game itself is of Chinese origin despite the name. Compare Indonesian capsa susun, Hokkien 十三 (cha̍p-saⁿ), Vietnamese tiến lên, Cantonese 鋤大弟 / 鋤大D (co⁴ daai⁶ di²).

• Hyphenation: pu‧soy‧dos
• IPA^(key): /puˌsoj ˈdos/, [pʊˌsoɪ̯ ˈdos]

pusoy dos

1. (card games) big two; big deuce; Dai Di (a shedding type card game of Chinese origin, especially the Philippine variant)
2. (card games) poker (especially the Philippine variant)

• chikicha
• sikitcha

• tong its
• kuwaho

• “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