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Tagalog
Etymology
From Malay pedih (“smarting pain”) + Malay hati (“emotions”, literally “liver”), meaning "heartache", or literally “smarting liver”. Compare Javanese ꦥꦿꦶꦲꦠꦶꦤ꧀ (prihatin), and Malay pedih hati, as well as Tagalog dalamhati, luwalhati, ulohati, lunggati, and salaghati. An alternate etymology posits it to be from a contracted blend of lupig + hati (“emotions”, literally “liver”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pighatî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜄ᜔ᜑᜆᜒ)
- grief; sorrow
- Synonyms: dalamhati, lumbay, hapis, lungkot
Further reading
- “pighati”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 87