amnestiya

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amnistía, from Latin amnestia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: am‧nes‧ti‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ʔamnesˈtija/, [ʔʌm.n̪ɪs̪ˈt̪i.ʌ]

Noun

amnestiya

  1. amnesty

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:amnestiya.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amnistía, from Latin amnestia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía). The shift from ⟨i⟩ to ⟨e⟩ can be either from interference by English amnesty or /e~i/ allophony.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔamnesˈtia/ [ʔɐm.nɛsˈti.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: am‧nes‧ti‧ya

Noun

amnestiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ)

  1. amnesty

See also
  • salong-sandata
  • hulaw-digma

Further reading
  • “amnestiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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