sahod

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sahor — dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, informal

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saluD (“water conduit”) with elision of /l/. Compare Ibatan salod, Kapampangan salud, Bikol Central salod, Aklanon saeod, Cebuano salod, Waray-Waray salod, Maranao salod, Tausug sawd, and Malay salur.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsahod/ [ˈsaː.hod̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ahod
• Syllabification: sa‧hod

Noun

sahod (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜑᜓᜇ᜔)

1. wage; salary

   Synonyms: suweldo, salaryo, kabayaran, kita

2. receiving of one's salary

   Synonym: pagsahod

3. (by extension) payday

   Synonym: suweldo

4. receptacle placed under something (to hold or catch flowing water, falling objects, etc.)

   Synonyms: sahuran, panahod, pansahod

5. act of receiving something with open hand/s
6. position of an open hand in receiving something
7. (obsolete) setting aside some object falling from a high place

Derived terms

• isahod
• kasahuran
• makasahod
• masahod
• pagsahod
• pasahod
• pasahurin
• pasahurin
• sahuran
• sahuran
• sahurin
• sumahod

 

Further reading

• “sahod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saluD”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI