bayot
See also: Bayot
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧yot
- IPA(key): /ˈbajot/, [ˈba.jɔt̪]
Noun
bayot
- gay; male homosexual
- male-to-female transgender, transvestite or transexual person
- (colloquial, familiar, see usage notes) Term of address.
- (colloquial, derogatory) coward; weakling
Verb
bayot
- to cruise for gay sex
- to prostitute oneself to a homosexual
- (often derogatory) to come out as gay
Adjective
bayot
- gay; homosexual
- (often derogatory) effeminate
- (colloquial, derogatory) cowardly; weak
Usage notes
- (term of address): Strictly between gay friends or between a gay man or boy and his female friends. May be offensive if pointed towards masculine gay men, or coming from a straight guy.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbajot/ [ˈba.jot], /baˈjot/ [bɐˈjot]
- Rhymes: -ajot, -ot
- Syllabification: ba‧yot
Noun
bayot or bayót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜓᜆ᜔)
- (sometimes derogatory) gay; male homosexual
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bakla
Further reading
- “bayot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
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