eleksyon

Cebuano edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish elección, from Latin ēlectiōn-, stem of ēlectiō (“choice, selection”), from ēligō (“I pluck out, I choose”).

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: e‧lek‧syon
IPA^(key): /ʔeleksˈjon/, [ʔɪ.l̪ɪks̪ˈjon̪]

Noun edit

eleksyón

election
Synonym: piniliay

Hiligaynon edit

Noun edit

eleksyón

election

Tagalog edit

Noun edit

eleksyón (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜎᜒᜃ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of eleksiyon.

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.