saladyo

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Early Modern Spanish salario, from Latin salārium (“salt money, money to buy salt with”). Doublet of salaryo.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saladˈjo/ [sɐ.lɐˈd͡ʒo]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /saladˈjo/ [sɐ.lɐd̪ˈjo]
• Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: sa‧lad‧yo

Noun

saladyó (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜇ᜔ᜌᜓ) (obsolete)

1. salary of the governor or the majordomo taken from the community

Related terms

• ensalada
• pandesal
• sal
• salsa

See also

• buwis

Further reading

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 542: “Salario) Saladio [(pc)] C. de Governador o mayordomo ſacaſe de la comunidad”