poyo

poyo (uncountable)

1. (West Africa) palm wine

• yoop, yopo

Probably from Spanish pollo (“chicken”). It said that this word was introduced by the Portuguese in 19th century and used in the sense of "cocky".^[1]

• IPA^(key): /pojo/
• Rhymes: -ojo, -jo, -o

poyo

1. (slang) proud of oneself; to feel oneself as better than the others (in a rather uneasy manner).

   Kau ni poyo lah.

   You're so full of yourself.

2. (slang, sarcastic) showy, gaudy
3. (slang) lame, pathetic.

   Poyolah cerita ini. Setengah jalan je aku tertidur.

   This show sucked. I dozed off halfway through [watching it].

“poyo” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Inherited from Old Spanish poyo, from Latin podium, whence also podio, a borrowed doublet. Akin to Catalan puig, French puy, Italian poggio.

• Rhymes: -oʝo
• Syllabification: po‧yo
• Homophone: pollo (in dialects with yeísmo)

poyo m (plural poyos)

1. a bench of stone or other material that is attached to a door

• “poyo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28