istansa

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English stanza, from Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis. Doublet of estansiya.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔisˈtansa/ [ʔɪsˈt̪an̪.sɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ansa
  • Syllabification: is‧tan‧sa

Noun

istansa (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐ) (poetry)

  1. stanza (a unit of a poem)
    Synonyms: saknong, talataan, taludturan, estropa, pukto

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