merkansiya

• markansiya
• merkansia — dated
• merkansya — superseded, pre-2007

Borrowed from Spanish mercancía, from Italian mercanzia. The senses involving freight came from Spanish mercancías, ellipsis of tren de mercancías.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /meɾkanˈsia/ [mɛɾ.kɐn̪ˈsiː.ɐ], /meɾkansiˈa/ [mɛɾ.kɐn̪ˈʃa]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /meɾkansiˈa/ [mɛɾ.kɐn̪ˈsja]
• Rhymes: -ia, -a
• Syllabification: mer‧kan‧si‧ya

merkansiya or merkansiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜃᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. merchandise; trade goods, wares

   Synonyms: kalakal, tinda, paninda

2. freight for loading; cargo; shipment

   Synonyms: karga, kargamento, lulan, dala, bagahe

3. (transport) freight transport
   1. (rail transport) freight car

      Synonyms: bagon, tangke

   2. (rail transport) freight train; goods train

      Near-synonym: tren

   3. (nautical) freight ship; cargo ship

      Near-synonym: barko

• “merkansiya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “merkansiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 392