botyog

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • botsog
  • bochog, botchog
  • botyok
  • butyog
  • butityog — dialectal, Rizal

Etymology

Possibly a play on the word busog (“full; satiated”). Also compare Ilocano buttiog (“having a big belly”) and Tuwali Ifugao butyug (“to be pregnant”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbotjoɡ/ [ˈboː.t͡ʃoɡ̚]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈbotjoɡ/ [ˈbot̪.joɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -otjoɡ
  • Syllabification: bot‧yog

Adjective

botyog (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜆ᜔ᜌᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. (slang) fat; obese; potbellied
    Synonyms: mataba, mabundat, tabatsoy, botete, boteteng-laot, buyunin

Further reading

  • “botyog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎[1], Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
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