distansya
Hiligaynon edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Spanish distancia.
Noun edit
distánsya
- distance, remoteness
- an interval of time or space
Tagalog edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /disˈtansja/, [dɪsˈtan.ʃɐ]
- Rhymes: -ansja
- Syllabification: dis‧tans‧ya
Noun edit
distansya (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)
Usage notes edit
- 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.