kadyos
kádyos with stress marks
pigeon pea
Usage Note
Kadyos is the pigeon pea, a legume widely grown and eaten in the Visayas and Mindanao regions of the Philippines. It is a key ingredient in the Ilonggo dish 'KBL' (kadyos, baboy, langka — pigeon peas, pork, jackfruit). The plant is also valued for its nitrogen-fixing properties in sustainable farming.
Examples
" Masarap ang kadyos. "
Natural Translation
Pigeon peas are delicious.
Literal Translation
Delicious the pigeon-pea.
" Paboritong putahe namin ang kadyos na may baboy. "
Natural Translation
Our favorite dish is pigeon peas with pork.
Literal Translation
Favorite-dish our the pigeon-pea with pork.
" Tuwing umuuwi kami sa Iloilo, laging may inihahandang KBL na may kadyos ang aking lola. "
Natural Translation
Whenever we go home to Iloilo, my grandmother always prepares KBL with pigeon peas.
Literal Translation
Whenever go-home we to Iloilo, always there-is preparing-KBL with pigeon-pea the my grandmother.
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