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sala

Pronunciation: /ˈsala/

“sala” is a Tagalog word. Its 18 meanings in English:

noun

  1. fault; guilt; blame
  2. error; mistake
  3. sin; offense
  4. miss; failure to hit a target
  5. living room; reception room; parlor
  6. filtering; straining
  7. irrigation dam
  8. act of interweaving bamboo slats (especially for the railing of a batalan)
  9. railing made of bamboo slats; lattice; trellis
  10. physical defect (such as a broken bone, sprain, or bone dislocation)
  11. salat (Islamic prayer)
  12. bedwetting; urination in bed, or during sleep

adjective

  1. wrong; mistaken
  2. off the mark, faulty
  3. unsuitable; bad for; contrary to (as of some food)
  4. filtered; sifted (of water or liquid)
  5. interwoven (of bamboo slats, etc.)
  6. broken or dislocated (of one's bones)

Etymology

From either: * Inherited from Proto-Philippine *salaq (compare Aklanon saea, Central Bikol sala, Cebuano sala, Maranao sala', Mansaka sara, and Tausug sā'), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *salaq (compare Fijian cala, Hawaiian hala, Malay salah, Māori hara, and Samoan sala). * Borrowed from Classical Malay ساله (salah, “sin”), from Arabic زَلَّة (zalla, “error; slip; lapse; fault; sin”), with…

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