esensya

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Spanish esencia.

Noun

esénsya

1. essence; extract, tincture
2. excerpt

Tagalog

Noun

esensya (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of esensiya.

Usage notes

• This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.