unsiyon
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- onsion — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
- unsyon — superseded, pre-2007
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish unción, from Latin ūnctiōnem.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔunsiˈon/ [ʔʊn̪ˈʃon̪]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔunsiˈon/ [ʔʊn̪ˈsjon̪]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: un‧si‧yon
Noun
unsiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)
Related terms
- ekstrema unsiyon
- ungguwento
See also
Further reading
- “unsiyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 603: “Vnçion) Vnſiyon (pc) C. eſtrema”