totoy

Amis

Etymology

Compare Cebuano itoy.

Noun

totoy

  1. puppy (young dog)

References

“Entry #”, in 阿美語中部方言辭典 [Dictionary of the Central Dialect of Amis]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taiwan: Council of Indigenous Peoples, 2021

Cebuano

Noun

totoy

  1. nonstandard spelling of tutoy

Ponosakan

Alternative forms

  • totoi

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taytay (“single log bridge”). Compare Tagalog taytay.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /toˈtoj/, [tɔ.ˈtoi̯][1]

Noun

totoy

  1. bridge

References

  1. ^ J. Akun Danie; F. Rogi Warouw; A. B. G. Rattu; G. Karim Bachmid (1991), Fonologi Bahasa Ponosokan (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa – Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan

Further reading

  • "totoi" in Niemann, G. K. (1869), “Mededeelingen Omtrent de Alfoersche Taal van Noord-Oost Celebes. I. Vergelijkende Woordenlijst”, in Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde van Nederlandsch-Indië‎[2], volume 16, number 2/3, →JSTOR, pages 205–252

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From toto (“appellation for a small boy”) +‎ -oy. Compare utoy.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtotoj/ [ˈt̪oː.t̪oɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -otoj
  • Syllabification: to‧toy

Noun

totoy (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. (endearing) term of address to a boy
    Synonyms: toto, ato, itoy, utoy, anak
    Coordinate terms: neneng, ineng

Derived terms

  • totoyin

See also

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