pusoy dos
Tagalog
The Two of Hearts is the highest-ranking card in Pusoy Dos
Alternative forms
- posoy dos
- posoy-dos
Etymology
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).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: pu‧soy‧dos
- IPA(key): /puˌsoj ˈdos/, [pʊˌsoɪ̯ ˈdos]
Noun
pusoy dos
- (card games) big two; big deuce; Dai Di (a shedding type card game of Chinese origin, especially the Philippine variant)
- (card games) poker (especially the Philippine variant)
Synonyms
- chikicha
- sikitcha
Derived terms
- pusoy
See also
- tong its
- kuwaho
Further reading
- “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