hesitasyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hesitación but with the silent ⟨h⟩ pronounced as /h/, most likely due to English influence or spelling influence, from Latin haesitātiōnem.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /hesitasˈjon/ [hɛ.sɪ.t̪ɐˈʃon̪]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /hesitasˈjon/ [hɛ.sɪ.t̪ɐsˈjon̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: he‧si‧tas‧yon

Noun

hesitasyón (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜐᜒᜆᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. hesitation
    Synonyms: atubili, pag-aatubili, alinlangan, bantiti, bantulot, pagdadalawang-isip, pangangamba, duda, pag-urong-sulong, galimhim

See also

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