siyete

Central Bikol

Central Bikol numbers ^(edit)

	70[a], [b]
[a], [b] ←  6	7	8  → [a], [b]
Cardinal: pito, siyete     Ordinal: ikapito

Alternative forms

• syete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish siete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siˈete/ [siˈje.te]
• IPA^(key): /siˈete/ [ˈʃe.te]
• Hyphenation: si‧ye‧te

Numeral

siyéte (Basahan spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜆᜒ)

1. seven

   Synonym: pito

Related terms

• diyesisiyete
• setenta
• setesiyentos

Tagalog

Tagalog numbers ^(edit)

	70
←  6	7	8  →
Cardinal: pito     Spanish cardinal: siyete     Ordinal: ikapito, pampito     Ordinal abbreviation: ika-7, pang-7     Adverbial: makapito     Multiplier: pitong ibayo     Distributive: tigpito, pituhan, pito-pito     Restrictive: pipito     Fractional: kapito, sangkapito, ikapito, saikapito
Tagalog Wikipedia article on 7

Alternative forms

• syete
• s'yete

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈete/ [ˈʃɛː.t̪ɛ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /siˈete/ [ˈsjɛː.t̪ɛ]

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• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: si‧ye‧te

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish siete, from Latin septem. The “gossip” sense may possibly be from the following:

• From ellipsis of siyete pekados, gay slang meaning “gossipmonger”, from Spanish siete pecados capitales (“seven deadly sins”).
• From Spanish hablar más que siete (“talking excessively”, literally “talking more than seven”)
• Some controversy in the 1980s involving Student Canteen under the GMA Network's channel 7.

Numeral

siyete (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜆᜒ)

1. seven

   Synonym: pito

Related terms

• a-disisiyete
• a-siyete
• alas-siyete
• beynte siyete
• disisiyete
• ikasiyete
• kuwarenta y siyete
• nobenta y siyete
• otsenta y siyete
• sesenta y siyete
• setenta
• setenta y siyete
• setesiyentos
• Setyembre
• singkuwenta y siyete
• siyete kolores
• Siyete Palabras
• siyete pekados
• siyete-mesino
• tres-siyete
• treynta y siyete

See also

• abrasiyete

Noun

siyete (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜆᜒ)

1. (slang) gossip; idle talk

   Synonym: tsismis

Etymology 2

A minced oath blend of English shit +‎ siyete (“seven”).

Interjection

siyete (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜆᜒ)

1. (colloquial, euphemistic) used to express anger, irritation, disappointment, annoyance, contempt, surprise, etc.: damn!; shit!

Further reading

• “siyete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “siyete” in Pinoy Slang Dictionary, Copongcopong
• Zorc, R. David; San Miguel, Rachel (1993), Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 135