siyota

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• shota
• syota

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /siˈotaʔ/, [ˈʃo.tɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: si‧yo‧ta

Noun

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

• “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