Also means
Bakya is used figuratively to mean something lowbrow, cheap, or of mass appeal, as in bakya crowd referring to audiences with unsophisticated tastes.
Usage Note
Bakya originally refers to traditional wooden clogs worn by rural and working-class Filipinos. The figurative phrase bakya crowd emerged in media criticism to describe mass-market popular taste, though the term can be used affectionately or critically depending on context.
Examples
" Suot niya ang lumang bakya. "
Natural Translation
She is wearing the old wooden clogs.
Literal Translation
Worn she the old wooden-footwear.
" Mahal ang bagong bakya. "
Natural Translation
The new wooden footwear is expensive.
Literal Translation
Expensive the new wooden-footwear.
" Noong bata pa ang aking lolo, bakya ang isinusuot niya papunta sa simbahan tuwing Linggo. "
Natural Translation
When my grandfather was still young, he wore wooden clogs going to church every Sunday.
Literal Translation
When child still the my grandfather, wooden-footwear the being-worn he going to church every Sunday.
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