kepo

kepo (comparative more kepo, superlative most kepo)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, slang) Alternative spelling of kaypoh

kepo (plural kepos or kepoes)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, slang) Alternative spelling of kaypoh

kepo (third-person singular simple present kepos, present participle kepoing, simple past and past participle kepoed)

1. (Singapore, Malaysia, slang) Alternative spelling of kaypoh

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• IPA^(key): [ˈkepo]
• Rhymes: -epo
• Hyphenation: ke‧po

kepo (accusative singular kepon, plural kepoj, accusative plural kepojn)

1. kepi

From Hokkien 家婆 (ke-pô, “to be a busybody; meddlesome”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɛ.po]
• Hyphenation: kè‧po

kepo

1. (colloquial) kaypoh: being a busybody, prying into the business of others.

• “kepo” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Hokkien 家婆 (ke-pô, “busybody; meddlesome; nosy”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkepo/ [ˈkɛ.po], /ˈkipo/ [ˈki.po]
• Rhymes: -epo, -ipo
• Syllabification: ke‧po

kepo (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜉᜓ) (slang)

1. a nosy person; busybody

• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 74