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salanta

Pronunciation: /salanˈtaʔ/

“salanta” is a Tagalog word. Its 7 meanings in English:

noun

  1. condition of being badly damaged or ruined (as by a typhoon)
  2. cripple; infirm; physically disabled person
  3. condition of being physically disabled (of a person)
  4. extremely poor or needy person; beggar

adjective

  1. badly damaged; completely ruined; devastated (as by a typhoon)
  2. crippled; infirm; physically disabled
  3. extremely poor and needy; destitute (such as one who is unable to earn a living due to being physically incapacitated)

Etymology

Possibly from Sanskrit श्रान्त (śrāntá, “wearied; fatigued; exhausted; pained; distressed; hungry”). Also possibly derived from Sanskrit रण्ड (raṇḍa, “maimed; crippled”), according to Potet (2016). See also Javanese ꦱꦿꦤ꧀ꦠ (sranta, “impatient”) and Old Javanese saranta (“exhausted, feeling unable to bear it any longer, dying to, yearning, impatient for”).

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