penoy

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare Hokkien 白 (pe̍h, “white”) & 卵 (nuī, “egg”) or 皮卵 (phôe-nūi, “century egg”).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈpenoj/ [ˈpɛ.noɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -enoj
  • Syllabification: pe‧noy

Noun

penoy (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜓᜌ᜔)

  1. hard-boiled duck egg

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