English Explanatory Dictionary

taoke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. boss; owner (of a business entity such as shop, etc.); shop owner; shopkeeper; business owner; employer (especially a Chinese Filipino boss)
  2. term of address for a business owner boss (especially a Chinese Filipino boss)

Pronunciation

/ˈt̪ʰaʊ̯.kɛ/ /ˈt̪aʊ̯.kɛ/

Word forms

taoke taokes tao ke

Etymology

Borrowed from Hokkien 頭家 /头家 (thâu-ke, “boss”). Doublet of towkay. Compare Tagalog taoke, Tausug tawki, Malay tauke, Indonesian tauke, Burmese ထောင်ကဲ (htaungkai:), Puyuma tawki, Rukai tawki, Sakizaya tawki.

Synonyms

towkay boss sir ma'am
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