dalita

Tagalog

Etymology

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

• From Sanskrit दरित (darita, “torn”)
• From Sanskrit दलित (dalita, “broken; scattered”)

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌdaliˈtaʔ/ [ˌd̪aː.lɪˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: da‧li‧ta

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