salaghati

Tagalog

Alternative forms

salachati — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
salakhati

Etymology

Possibly from either:

Borrowed from a compound of salag (“full and leveled”) +‎ Malay hati (“emotions”, literally “liver”), according to Potet (2016). Compare dalamhati, luwalhati, pighati, ulohati, and lunggati. Possibly also from Malay sedak (“suffocate; choke”).
Borrowed from Spanish zaragata (“turmoil; scuffle; quarrel”), according to Lopez (1965). Compare possible doublet saragate.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /salaɡˈhatiʔ/ [sɐ.lɐɡˈha.tɪʔ]
Rhymes: -atiʔ
Syllabification: sa‧lag‧ha‧ti

Noun

salaghatì (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜄ᜔ᜑᜆᜒ)

resentment; displeasure; indignation
Synonyms: hinanakit, sama ng loob, (obsolete) sakahati
affliction; suffering; melancholy
Synonyms: dalamhati, pighati, dusa, (obsolete) sakahati

See also

galit
yamot

Further reading

Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 88
Lopez, Cecilio (1965) “The Spanish overlay in Tagalog”, in Lingua‎, volume 14, →DOI, →ISSN, page 480

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