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Tagalog
Etymology
Possibly from a blend of payat + putot.
Pronunciation
Adjective
payatot (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜌᜆᜓᜆ᜔)
- (informal, derogatory) (of a person) very thin; skinny; undernourished
- Synonym: payagod
2009, Pag-aklas, pagbaklas pagbagtas: politikal na kritisismong pampanitikan, UP Press, →ISBN:appetite stimulant para sa batang payatot, Coke at beer para sa pag-inom, kape para gumising, at kung ano-ano pa. Minamasa (homogenize) ang karanasan. Parang walang nasa labas nito. Masarap ang feeling na in, at out ang out.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Noun
payatot (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜌᜆᜓᜆ᜔)
- (informal) thin or skinny person
1995, Domingo G. Landicho, Bulaklak ng Maynila, →ISBN:"E di batas," singhal ng isang payatot na katabi. "E kung ano nga?" ulit ng babaing nagpapasuso, idinidildil sa suso ang nguso ng sanggol na hindi maapula sa pag-iyak. "E 'yong batas," sabi ng payatot, "pare-pareho 'yan. Me ipinagbabawal.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “payatot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018