abstinensiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abstinencia, from Latin abstinentia.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabstiˈnensia/ [ʔɐbs.tɪˈnɛn.ʃɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ensia
  • Syllabification: abs‧ti‧nen‧si‧ya

Noun

abstinénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. abstinence

Derived terms
  • mag-abstinensiya

Further reading
  • “abstinensiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5
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