dulohaka

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dalohaca, dolohaca — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• dalohaka, daluhaka, duluhaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit द्रोहक (drohaka, “treachery”). Compare Indonesian durhaka, Malay derhaka (“treason”), Minangkabau durako, Balinese ᬤᬸᬭᬓ (duraka), Javanese ꦢꦸꦫꦏ (duraka, “treason”), and Old Javanese drohaka.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /duloˈhakaʔ/ [dʊ.loˈha.xɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -akaʔ
• Syllabification: du‧lo‧ha‧ka

Noun

dulohakà (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜓᜑᜃ) (obsolete)

1. warping or twisting somebody else's words
2. misexplanation; false interpretation

Derived terms

• dulohakain
• idulohaka
• magdulohaka
• mapagdulohaka
• pagdulohakaan

 

See also

• dalubhasa
• haka-haka

 

References

• “dulohaka”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 280
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 330: “Gloſar) Dolohaca (pp) las palabras q̃ vno diçe con buena intenciõ”