silahis
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Bikol Central[edit]
Adjective[edit]
silahis
Noun[edit]
silahis
- (derogatory, offensive) a bisexual
Cebuano[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: si‧la‧his
Adjective[edit]
silahis
Noun[edit]
silahis
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Spanish celajes, plural of celaje (“skylight”). The "bisexual" sense could be a semantic loan from Cebuano.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /siˈlahis/ [sɪˈla.hɪs]
- Rhymes: -ahis
- Syllabification: si‧la‧his
Noun[edit]
silahis (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜑᜒᜐ᜔)
- beam or rays of sunlight (especially breaking through the clouds)
- Synonym: sinag
- (figurative) ray (of hope, intelligence, etc.)
- Synonym: banaag
- (potentially derogatory) bisexual
- Synonym: biseksuwal
Adjective[edit]
silahis (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜑᜒᜐ᜔)
- (potentially derogatory) bisexual
Further reading[edit]
- “silahis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- ceb:LGBT
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- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/ahis
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ahis/3 syllables
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- tl:LGBT
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