Etymology

kuya

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Today it means: An elder brother. Full definition →

Tagalog kuya ← Hokkien 哥仔
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The story

  1. Hokkien · derived from哥仔
  2. Tagalog · borrowed fromkuya
  3. English todaykuya

From Tagalog kuya, from Hokkien 哥仔 (*ko-iá).

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