aborsyon

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from English abortion.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧bor‧syon

Noun

aborsyon

1. abortion

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈboɾsjon/ [ʔɐˈboːɾ.ʃon]
• Rhymes: -oɾsjon
• Syllabification: a‧bors‧yon

Noun

aborsyon (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of aborsiyon.

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.