adbokasi

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English advocacy with a shift of stress from the first syllable to the second syllable, from Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia. Doublet of abogasya and adbokasiya.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadˈbokasi/ [ʔɐd̪ˌboː.xɐˈsɪ]
  • Rhymes: -okasi
  • Syllabification: ad‧bo‧ka‧si

Noun

adbókasí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜐᜒ)

  1. advocacy (public support of a particular cause)
    Synonym: adbokasiya

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