absisyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abscisión, from Latin abscissiōnem.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabsisˈjon/ [ʔɐb.sɪˈʃon]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: ab‧sis‧yon

Noun

absisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. abscission (act of cutting off)
    Synonyms: hiwa, putol
  2. (botany) abscission (natural separation of a part of a plant)

Further reading
  • “absisyon”, 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 4
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