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Where does “bakla” come from?

bakla (Tagalog) comes from Spanish -a, from Old Spanish -a.

bakla (Tagalog): effeminate man; fag; gay male; hermaphrodite

Definitions

  1. effeminate man; fag; gay male; hermaphrodite

Ancestry of “bakla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-a-ess used to form feminine singular nouns; used...
2Old Spanish-a—

Words derived from “bakla”

  • beki
Every word from Old Spanish -a →