sala-salabat

Tagalog

Etymology

Partial reduplication of salabat.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saˌlasaˈlabat/ [sɐˌlaː.sɐˈlaː.bɐt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -abat
  • Syllabification: sa‧la-sa‧la‧bat

Adjective

salá-salábat (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜐᜎᜊᜆ᜔)

  1. crisscrossed; confusedly crisscrossing around (of things on a path impeding one's way)
  2. forming a disorderly mixture; cluttered