ambulansya

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish ambulancia.

Noun

ambulánsya

1. ambulance

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔambuˈlansja/, [ʔɐm.bʊˈlan.ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -ansja
• Syllabification: am‧bu‧lans‧ya

Noun

ambulansya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜊᜓᜎᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of ambulansiya.

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.