-syon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • -siyonfollowing consonants

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ción.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsjon/ [ˈʃon̪]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈsjon/ [ˈsjon̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: -syon

Suffix

-syon (noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. alternative form of -asyon (used after vowels): -tion

Usage notes

  • Usually pronounced similarly to the Spanish, with some rare exceptions.
  • Rarely used to form authentic words, except for surface analysis of existing words, or as replacement of English -tion.

Derived terms

Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـسیون (-syon, -siyon), from French -tion, from Latin -tiō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sjɔn/

Suffix

-syon

  1. Used to respell loanwords which would originally end with the suffix -tion, rarely used to form authentic words

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -syon