siyota
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Possibly from the following:
- From gay slang prefix siyo- + bata (“child; kid”, slang for “sweetheart”).
- From gay slang prefix siyo- + sinta, according to Zorc (1993).
- From clipping of English short time.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈotaʔ/ [ˈʃo.tɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -otaʔ
- Syllabification: si‧yo‧ta
Noun[edit]
siyotà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜆ) (slang, originally gay slang)
- girlfriend; boyfriend
- Synonyms: kasintahan, katipan, kasuyo, (male) nobyo, (female) nobya, (colloquial) bata, (slang) jowa
- 1981, Clodualdo del Mundo, Writing for Film:
- May syota ka ba? Meron? Meron daw. Pahiram naman. Ipapahiram mo ba? Duktor ka? O sige, ano'ng gamot sa diabetes? Ano'ng pangalan ng syota mo? May lunas na ba sa cancer? Ano'ng ibig sabihin ng "dyalisis!"; Bakla ka ba?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References[edit]
Categories:
- Tagalog terms prefixed with siyo-
- Tagalog clippings
- Tagalog terms derived from English
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/otaʔ
- Rhymes:Tagalog/otaʔ/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog slang
- Tagalog gay slang
- Tagalog terms with quotations