polisiya
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English policy with interference from Spanish policía (“police officer, policeman”), from Middle French policie, from Late Latin politia, classical Latin polītīa, from Ancient Greek πολιτεία (politeía). Doublet of pulisya.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
polisiya (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜒᜐᜒᜌ)
Further reading edit
- “polisiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018