ahensiya

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Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agencia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaˈhensia/ [ʔaˈhen̪.si.ja]
  • Hyphenation: a‧hen‧si‧ya

Noun

ahénsiyá (Basahan spelling ᜀᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. agency
    Ahensiya kan gobiyerno
    Government agency

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agencia. Sense of "pawnshop", short for agencia de empeños.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: a‧hen‧si‧ya
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˌhensiˈa/ [ʔɐˌhin̪ˈs̪ja]

Noun

ahénsiyá

  1. pawnshop; pawnbroker
  2. agency

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agencia, from Latin agentia.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˈhensia/ [ʔɐˈhɛn̪.ʃɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔaˈhensia/ [ʔɐˈhɛn̪.sjɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ensia
  • Syllabification: a‧hen‧si‧ya

Noun

ahénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. agency
    Synonyms: sangay, sukursal
  2. pawnshop
    Synonyms: bahay-sanglaan, sanglaan, pasanglaan, ahensiya-de-empenyo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “ahensiya”, 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 16
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