saladyo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish salario, from Latin salārium (salt money, money to buy salt with). Doublet of salaryo.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /saladˈjo/ [sɐ.lɐdˈd͡ʒo]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /saladˈjo/ [sɐ.lɐd̪ˈjo]
  • Rhymes: -o
  • Syllabification: sa‧lad‧yo

Noun

saladyó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ) (obsolete)

  1. salary of the governor or the majordomo taken from the community

See also

Further reading