dalita
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay derita (“suffering”), from Sanskrit, possibly:
- From Sanskrit दरित (darita, “torn”)
- From Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken; scattered”)
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: da‧li‧ta
- IPA(key): /ˈdalitaʔ/, [ˈda.lɪ.tɐʔ]
Noun
dálitâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒᜆ)
- poverty; destitution
- Synonyms: karalitaan, paghihikahos, paghihirap, karukhaan
- great suffering; torment
Derived terms
- karalitaan
- magpadalita
- maralita
- pagdalitain
- pagdaralita
- papagdalitain
Further reading
- “dalita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 278