salamuha

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay semua (“all together”), from Sanskrit समूह (samūha, “assemblage”), possibly with *-al- infix.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /salaˈmuhaʔ/ [sɐ.lɐˈmu.hɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -uhaʔ
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧mu‧ha

Noun

salamuhà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜋᜓᜑ)

1. mingling with; hobnobbing; associating familiarly with people

Derived terms

• kasalamuha
• makasalamuha
• makisalamuha
• pagsalamuha
• pakikisalamuha

 

Further reading

• Wolff, John U. (1976) “Malay borrowings in Tagalog”, in C.D. Cowan & O.W. Wolters, editors, Southeast Asian History and Historiography: Essays Presented to D. G. E. Hall‎^[1], Ithaca: Cornell University Press, page 359