lalaksot

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from blend of lalaki (“male”) +‎ bansot (“stunted”). See also Cebuano laksot (“ugly”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /lalakˈsot/ [lɐ.lɐkˈsot], /laˈlaksot/ [lɐˈlaːk.sot]
• Rhymes: -ot, -aksot
• Syllabification: la‧lak‧sot

Noun

lalaksót or lalaksot (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜃ᜔ᜐᜓᜆ᜔) (dialectal, Batangas, mildly derogatory)

1. male; boy

   Synonym: lalaki

   Coordinate term: babaysot

   Lima ang anak ng kapatid kong panganay na pawang mga lalaksot.

   Five are the children of my oldest sibling, of which seem to be boys.

   Ang lalaksot na iyon!

   That heck of a man!

Usage notes

• Used by older people to call males younger than them but sometimes applied to any male in general regardless of age.

Further reading

• “lalaksot” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “lalaksot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 596
• Baroja, Felipe Mayor (2012) Diksyunaryong Batangueño‎^[2] (in Tagalog), Batangas, Philippines: Veritas Printing Press, Inc., page 199