parentesis
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish paréntesis, from Late Latin parenthesis (“addition of a letter to a syllable in a word”), from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
paréntesís (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔)
Further reading edit
- “parentesis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018