depresasyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish depreciación, with change of -ciación to -sasyon (cf. asosasyon, negosasyon) in effort to pronounce two consecutive syllables with /sj/.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /depɾesasˈjon/ [d̪ɛp.ɾɛ.sɐˈʃon̪]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /depɾesasˈjon/ [d̪ɛp.ɾɛ.sɐsˈjon̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: dep‧re‧sas‧yon

Noun

depresasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜉ᜔ᜇᜒᜐᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. depreciation (state); disparagement
    Synonym: paghamak
  2. (economics) depreciation (decline in value)

See also

Further reading

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

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