absisyon

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish abscisión, from Latin abscissiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabsisˈjon/ [ʔɐb.sɪˈʃon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ab‧sis‧yon

Noun

absisyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜒᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. abscission (act of cutting off)

   Synonyms: hiwa, putol

2. (botany) abscission (natural separation of a part of a plant)

   Synonym: pagkapitas

Related terms

• absisa

 

Further reading

• “absisyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 4