taoke

Pronunciation: /ˈt̪ʰaʊ̯.kɛ/

The English word “taoke” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

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.

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