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 yod coalescence) /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