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Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from blend of lalaki (“male”) + bansot (“stunted”). See also Cebuano laksot (“ugly”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lalaksót or lalaksot (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜃ᜔ᜐᜓᜆ᜔) (dialectal, Batangas, mildly derogatory)
- male; boy
- Synonym: lalaki
- Coordinate term: babaysot
Lima ang anak ng kapatid kong panganay na pawang mga lalaksot.- Five are the children of my oldest sibling, of which seem to be boys.
Ang lalaksot na iyon!- That heck of a man!
Usage notes
- Used by older people to call males younger than them but sometimes applied to any male in general regardless of age.
See also
Further reading
- “lalaksot”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “lalaksot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 596
- Baroja, Felipe Mayor (2012) Diksyunaryong Batangueño (in Tagalog), Batangas, Philippines: Veritas Printing Press, Inc., page 199