sansala
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- sangsala
- sangsaya
Etymology
Possibly from Malay sengsara (“hardship”), from Sanskrit संसार (saṃsāra, “course”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: san‧sa‧la
- IPA(key): /sanˈsalaʔ/, [sɐnˈsa.lɐʔ]
Noun
sansalà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜈ᜔ᜐᜎ)
- forbiddance; prohibition; interdiction
- Synonyms: saway, pigil, pagbawal, upiksa, salagsay
Derived terms
- isansala
- kasansalaan
- magsansala
- pagsansalain
- sansalain
- sumansala
Further reading
- “sansala” in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018.
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier