dalita

See also: dálita and dalītā

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay derita (“suffering”), from Sanskrit, possibly:

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌdaliˈtaʔ/ [ˌd̪aː.lɪˈt̪aʔ]
  • Rhymes: -aʔ
  • Syllabification: da‧li‧ta

Noun

dálitâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒᜆ)

  1. poverty; destitution
    Synonyms: karalitaan, paghihikahos, paghihirap, karukhaan
  2. great suffering; torment
    Synonym: dusa

Derived terms

  • karalitaan
  • lipos-dalita
  • magpadalita
  • maralita
  • pagdalitain
  • pagdaralita
  • papagdalitain

Further reading

  • “dalita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 278
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