distansya

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish distancia.

Noun

distánsya

1. distance, remoteness
2. an interval of time or space

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /disˈtansja/ [d̪ɪsˈt̪an̪.ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -ansja
• Syllabification: dis‧tans‧ya

Noun

distansya (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of distansiya.

Usage notes

• This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel when at the start of a word or when 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.