impyerno

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• impiyerno

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: im‧pyer‧no

Etymology 1

From Spanish infierno, from Old Spanish infierno, from Latin īnfernum, neuter form of īnfernus (“of the lower regions”), based on īnferus (“low”).

Noun

impyerno

1. hell

Etymology 2

The supposed similarities in sound of impyerno and in fairness.

Adverb

impyerno

1. to be fair; in fairness

Tagalog

Noun

impyerno (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉ᜔ᜌᜒᜇ᜔ᜈᜓ)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of impiyerno.

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.