pighati

Tagalog

Etymology

From Malay pedih (“smarting pain”) +‎ Malay hati (“emotions”, literally “liver”), meaning "heartache", or literally “smarting liver”. Compare Javanese ꦥꦿꦶꦲꦠꦶꦤ꧀ (prihatin), and Malay pedih hati, as well as Tagalog dalamhati, luwalhati, ulohati, lunggati, and salaghati. An alternate etymology posits it to be from a contracted blend of lupig +‎ hati (“emotions”, literally “liver”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /piɡhaˈtiʔ/, [pɪɡ.hɐˈtiʔ]
  • Hyphenation: pig‧ha‧ti

Noun

pighatî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜄ᜔ᜑᜆᜒ)

  1. grief; sorrow
    Synonyms: dalamhati, lumbay, hapis, lungkot

Further reading
  • “pighati”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 87
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