sampalataya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sangpalataya — obsolete

Etymology

Ultimately from Sanskrit सम्प्रत्यय (sampratyaya, “firm conviction; perfect trust; confidence; faith; belief”) or possibly sam- +‎ *palataya, ultimately from Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya, “belief; trust; faith; confidence”). Compare Kapampangan salpantaya, Maranao paratiyaya, Tausug paratsaya, Javanese ꦥꦼꦂꦕꦪ (percaya, “to believe, rely on, trust”), Malay percaya (“faith; belief; trust”), Sanskrit प्रत्यय (pratyaya, “belief; trust; faith; confidence”), Old Javanese parcaya.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /sampalaˈtaja/ [sɐm.pɐ.lɐˈt̪aː.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -aja
• Syllabification: sam‧pa‧la‧ta‧ya

Noun

sampalataya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜋ᜔ᜉᜎᜆᜌ)

1. belief; faith (in someone)

   Synonyms: paniwala, paniniwala, tiwala, pagtitiwala, pananalig

2. worship in God; adoration

   Synonyms: samba, pagsamba

Derived terms

• manampalataya
• mapasampalataya
• pagsampalataya
• pananampalataya
• pasampalatayahin
• sampalatayahan
• sampalatayanan
• sumampalataya
• Sumasampalataya Ako

 

Further reading

• “sampalataya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1149.
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 148
• Trinidad Hermenegildo Pardo de Tavera (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog‎^[1] (in Spanish), Paris: Imprimerie de la Faculté de Médecine, A. Davy, page 49
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[3] (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^[4], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 199: “Creer) Sangpalataya (pp) algo de bien o de mal”