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.lɐdˈd͡ʒo]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /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), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 542: “Salario) Saladio [(pc)] C. de Governador o mayordomo ſacaſe de la comunidad”