aksesit

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish accésit, from Latin accessit (“he came near”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔakˈsesit/ [ʔɐkˈsɛː.sɪt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -esit
  • Syllabification: ak‧se‧sit

Noun

aksesit (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜐᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. second-place prize; runner-up prize; accessit

Further reading

  • “aksesit”, 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 6
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