kutipyo

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly from Philippine Spanish cotipio. See also obsolete Chamorro kutipio (“to remove hair by plucking or shaving”) and Classical Nahuatl cuātepēhui (“to go bald; to have hair loss”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kutipˈjo/ [kʊ.t̪ɪpˈjo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: ku‧tip‧yo

Adjective

kutipyó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜆᜒᜉ᜔ᜌᜓ)

  1. bald; hairless
    Synonyms: kalbo, panot, upaw

Derived terms

  • kutipyuhin
  • magkutipyo
  • makutipyo

Further reading

  • “kutipyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 516.
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