kumbulsiyon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish convulsión, from Latin convulsiō (“quarrel; dispute”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kumbulsiˈon/ [kʊm.bʊlˈʃon̪]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /kumbulsiˈon/ [kʊm.bʊlˈsjon̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: kum‧bul‧si‧yon

Noun

kumbulsiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜎ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. (medicine) convulsion
    Synonyms: pangingisay, taol, sawan, kilig, pag-iihit, pagkisay, suba
    • 1978, Wika: tungo sa pambansang pagkakakilanlan:
      "May kombulsyon si Ed!” ang nanginginig niyang sigaw. "Dali, dalhin nyo na ang bata sa ospital!" ang dagling payo ni Tatay. Hindi na halos kami nakapagbihis at halos panabay kaming nanaog ng bahay na kandong si Ed.
      "Ed's convulsing", he shouted, trembling. "Bring the child to the hospital!" Father quickly said. We almost never had the chance to change clothes and we together left the house carrying Ed in his arms.

Derived terms

  • kumbulsiyunin
  • magkakumbulsiyon
  • magkumbulsiyon
  • pagkukumbulsiyon

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