basyo
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ba‧syo
- IPA(key): /basˈjo/, [bɐˈʃo]
Noun
basyó
- empty container (of bottles, cans, etc.)
- 1986, Writers Union of the Philippines, Mithi: literary journal of the Writers Union of the Philippines, Issues 13-15:
- Ilang sandali pa, tatalikod muli si Fred at pupuluting isa-isa ang mga basyo ng beer.
- A few moments later, Fred will turn to his back and will pick up the empty beer bottles one by one.
- 2017, J. Neil Garcia; Danton Remoto, “Dear Kuya Cesar (Nicolas B. Pichay)”, in Ladlad 2: An Anthology of Philippine Gay Writing, →ISBN:
- Nagpuyat kami sa pagpapatayo ng piramid mula sa mga basyo ng pinag-inumang vodka tonic. Nabulabog ako sa umagang iyon. Sa mga katulad ko na hindi pa naimumumog ang panunuyo ng ngalangala, hindi magandang biro ang gisingin ng mga walang katuturang pang-aaliw.
- We stayed awake building a pyramid from empty bottles of vodka and tonic. I'm surprised that morning. On the likes of us who didn't gargled our dry palates, it's a bad idea to wake someone up with senseless entertainment.
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- (firearms) used cartridge
Adjective
basyó
- empty (of containers)
- Antonym: puno
- 2015, Epifanio San Juan, Jr., “Panitikan, Ideolohiya, Rebolusyon: Edukasyon at Pedagohiya sa Pagbasa ng Nobelang Desaparasidos ni Lualhati Bautista”, in Daluyan: Journal ng Wikang Filipino, page 219:
- Awtoridad ang titser, kinatawan ng Estado at siyang nagdedeposito ng kaalaman sa basyong utak ng mga kabataan.
- The teacher is the authority, the representative of the State, and the one who fills with knowledge the empty minds of the children.
Derived terms
Yilan Creole
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