koday-day
Sense 1
English: Translation
water strider
English: Definition
A water strider (*Family Gerridae*), a long-legged semiaquatic insect that skates rapidly across the surface of still or slow-moving water by exploiting surface tension.
Part of Speech
noun
Sense 2
English: Translation
(idiomatic, chiefly Poblacion) promiscuous woman; sexually provocative woman
English: Definition
(Idiomatic; Poblacion) A woman perceived as sexually promiscuous, flirtatious, or hypersexual. The expression derives metaphorically from the characteristic gliding, darting, and repeatedly shifting movement of the water strider on the water surface, whose motion is culturally interpreted as suggestive of sexual behavior.
Semantic Domain
Insects and small creatures
Dialect
Standard Boie’nen
Notes
The figurative sense is idiomatic and should be clearly distinguished from the literal zoological meaning. It is primarily reported from the Poblacion (Standard Boie’nen) speech community and reflects local cultural metaphor rather than any attribute of the insect itself.
Source
claveria-1916