adbokasiya

Tagalog

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English advocacy, from Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia. Doublet of abogasya and adbokasi.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadbokaˈsia/ [ʔɐd̪.bo.xɐˈsiː.ɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ia
  • Syllabification: ad‧bo‧ka‧si‧ya

Noun

adbokasiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. advocacy (public support of a particular cause)
    Synonyms: adbokasi, pagtataguyod

Further reading

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