siyoki

• siyoke
• shoke, shoki
• sioke, sioki
• syoke, syoki

Uncertain. Possibly:

• From gay slang prefix siyo- + lalaki.
• From a play on siyokoy.
• From a play on suki.
• From Hokkien 弱氣 / 弱气 (jio̍h-khì, “weak spirit”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /siˈokiʔ/ [ˈʃoː.xɪʔ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /siˈokiʔ/ [ˈsjoː.xɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -okiʔ
• Syllabification: si‧yo‧ki

siyokì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜃᜒ) (gay slang)

1. homosexual man; gay

   Synonyms: bakla, bading, (gay slang) beki, (gay slang) siyokla

• “siyoki”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN, page 127