saykolodyi

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English psychology, from French psychologie, from Renaissance Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ) + -λογία (-logía). Doublet of sikolohiya.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sajˈkolodji/ [saɪ̯ˌxoː.lodˈd͡ʒɪ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /sajˈkolodji/ [saɪ̯ˌxoː.lod̪ˈjɪ]
  • Rhymes: -olodji
  • Syllabification: say‧ko‧lod‧yi

Noun

saykólodyí (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜌ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜇ᜔ᜌᜒ) (social sciences)

  1. psychology
    Synonyms: sikolohiya, dalub-isipan, agham-isip, ag-isip, (obsolete) paladiwaan