siyota

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Noun

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siyotà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜆ) (slang, originally gay slang)

  1. 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

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

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