sahod

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saluD (water conduit) with elision of /l/. Compare Ibatan salod, Kapampangan salud, Bikol Central salod, Aklanon saeod, Cebuano salod, Waray-Waray salod, Maranao salod, Tausug sawd, and Malay salur.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsahod/ [ˈsaː.hod̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -ahod
  • Syllabification: sa‧hod

Noun

sahod (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜑᜓᜇ᜔)

  1. wage; salary
    Synonyms: suweldo, salaryo, kabayaran, kita
  2. receiving of one's salary
    Synonym: pagsahod
  3. (by extension) payday
    Synonym: suweldo
  4. receptacle placed under something (to hold or catch flowing water, falling objects, etc.)
    Synonyms: sahuran, panahod, pansahod
  5. act of receiving something with open hand/s
  6. position of an open hand in receiving something
  7. (obsolete) setting aside some object falling from a high place

Derived terms

  • isahod
  • kasahuran
  • makasahod
  • masahod
  • pagsahod
  • pasahod
  • pasahurin
  • sahuran
  • sahurin
  • sumahod

Further reading

  • sahod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saluD”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI