epilepsiya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish epilepsia, from Late Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία (epilēpsía).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔepiˈlepsia/ [ʔɛ.pɪˈlɛp.ʃɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔepiˈlepsia/ [ʔɛ.pɪˈlɛp.sjɐ]
  • Rhymes: -epsia
  • Syllabification: e‧pi‧lep‧si‧ya

Noun

epilépsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜎᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

  1. (pathology) epilepsy

See also

Further reading

  • epilepsiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018