dalita

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay derita (“suffering”), from Sanskrit, possibly:

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: da‧li‧ta
  • IPA(key): /ˈdalitaʔ/, [ˈda.lɪ.tɐʔ]

Noun

dálitâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜎᜒᜆ)

  1. poverty; destitution
    Synonyms: karalitaan, paghihikahos, paghihirap, karukhaan
  2. great suffering; torment
    Synonym: dusa

Derived terms
  • karalitaan
  • lipos-dalita
  • magpadalita
  • maralita
  • pagdalitain
  • pagdaralita
  • papagdalitain

Further reading
  • “dalita”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 278
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