molestiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • molestya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish molestia. The lewd sense is a semantic loan from English molest. Doublet of molesta.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /moˈlestia/ [moˈlɛs.t͡ʃɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /moˈlestia/ [moˈlɛs.t̪jɐ]
  • Rhymes: -estia
  • Syllabification: mo‧les‧ti‧ya

Noun

moléstiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ)

  1. trouble; nuisance; hassle; annoyance; bother; vexation; inconvenience; pain in the ass; pain in the butt; disturbance; burden; imposition; pestering
  2. request; plea
  3. molestation; sexual abuse; the committing of lewdness

Derived terms

  • imolestiya
  • ipamolestiya
  • magmolestiya
  • makamolestiya
  • makimolestiya
  • mamolestiya
  • mangmolestiya
  • minomolestiya
  • molestiyahin
  • pagkakamolestiya
  • pagkamolestiya
  • pagmomolestiya
  • palamolestiya
  • pamolestiya
  • pangmolestiya
  • tagamolestiya
  • tagapagmolestiya

Further reading

  • “molestiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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