bayot

See also: Bayot

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• bayet — gay slang
• yot — vocative, short form

Etymology

Apparently from baye (“female, woman”), perhaps a diminutive form influenced by diyot (“little”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ba‧yot
• IPA^(key): /ˈbajot/ [ˈba.jot̪]

Noun

bayot (Badlit spelling ᜊᜌᜓᜆ᜔)

1. gay; male homosexual
2. male-to-female transgender, transvestite or transexual person
3. (colloquial, familiar, see usage notes) Term of address.
4. (colloquial, derogatory) coward; weakling

Usage notes

• (term of address): Strictly between gay friends or between a gay man or boy and his female friends. May be offensive if pointed towards masculine gay men, or coming from a straight guy.

Derived terms

• bayoti
• bayoton
• mabayot
• pamayot

 

Adjective

bayot

1. gay; homosexual
   1. stereotypically gay (in the way someone talks, acts); sassy

      Bayot kaayo na manabi 'nang bayhana. ― That woman talks with so much sass.

2. (often derogatory) effeminate

   Synonyms: binabaye, babayin-on

3. (colloquial, derogatory) cowardly; weak

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano bayot.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbajot/ [ˈbaː.jot̪̚], /baˈjot/ [bɐˈjot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ajot, -ot
• Syllabification: ba‧yot

Noun

bayot or bayót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜓᜆ᜔)

1. (sometimes derogatory) gay; male homosexual

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bakla

Adjective

bayot or bayót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜌᜓᜆ᜔)

1. (sometimes derogatory) gay; homosexual

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• taboy