silahis
Bikol Central edit
Adjective edit
silahis
Noun edit
silahis
- (derogatory, offensive) a bisexual
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: si‧la‧his
Adjective edit
silahis
Noun edit
silahis
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish celajes, plural of celaje (“skylight”). The "bisexual" sense could be a semantic loan from Cebuano.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
silahis (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜑᜒᜐ᜔)
- beam or rays of sunlight (especially breaking through the clouds)
- Synonym: sinag
- (figurative) ray (of hope, intelligence, etc.)
- Synonym: banaag
- (potentially derogatory) bisexual
- Synonym: biseksuwal
Adjective edit
silahis (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜑᜒᜐ᜔)
- (potentially derogatory) bisexual
Further reading edit
- “silahis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018