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Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Possibly from a blend of babae + dapat or from a coinage from lyrics to short musical rhythm.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /baˈdap/,
- Hyphenation: ba‧dap
Noun
badáp (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜇᜉ᜔)
- (colloquial, gay slang) gay (male homosexual); effeminate man; womanish man; homosexual male; hermaphrodite
- Synonyms: bakla, bading, bayot, beki, baklita, binabae
1981, The Diliman Review, Volume 29, College of Arts and Sciences, University of the Philippines:...manonood, kolehiyala man o tsimay, macho o badap, ang sex. Pansinin na lamang ang hilatsa ng mga bagong lahi nina Rogelio de la Rosa at Carmen Rosales.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Derived terms
References
- ^ “badap”, 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 10