MEANING & HISTORY
What does Andoy Purdoy mean?
Andoy Purdoy is explicitly associated in the Cebuano dictionary with a radio-drama character and listed as a familiar form of Andres, Andrew, and Andy. The full two-word form should be retained rather than silently reduced to Andoy.
Its cultural namesake formation is distinct from translating every word as one ancient personal-name compound.
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Cebuano
From a Cebuano radio drama character.
a diminutive of the male given names Andres, Andrew, and Andy
Wiktionary: Andoy Purdoy (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki/Wiktextract; common glosses translated for Filipino.
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