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bayot

Pronunciation: /ˈbajot/

“bayot” is a Cebuano word. Its 8 meanings in English:

noun

  1. gay; male homosexual
  2. male-to-female transgender, transvestite or transexual person
  3. Term of address.
  4. coward; weakling

adjective

  1. gay; homosexual
  2. stereotypically gay (in the way someone talks, acts); sassy
  3. effeminate
  4. cowardly; weak

Etymology

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

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