Pasyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Pasión, from Latin passiōnem (“suffering”). Compare Kapampangan Pasiun.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /pasˈjon/ [pɐˈʃon̪]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /pasˈjon/ [pɐsˈjon̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: Pas‧yon

Proper noun

Pasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔) (Christianity)

  1. Passion
  2. (literature) life of Christ in vernacular verse and chanted for a whole day and whole night without pause during Lent

See also

Further reading

  • “Pasyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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