-syon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• -siyon — following consonants
• -asyon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish -ción.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsjon/ [ˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˈsjon/ [ˈsjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: -syon

Suffix

-syon (noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. Alternative form of -asyon (used after vowels): -tion

Usage notes

• Usually pronounced similarly to the Spanish, with some rare exceptions.
• Rarely used to form authentic words, except for surface analysis of existing words, or as replacement of English -tion.

Derived terms

• Tagalog terms suffixed with -syon

Turkish

Alternative forms

• -siyon

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ـسیون (-syon, -siyon), from French -tion, from Latin -tiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sjɔn/

Suffix

-syon

1. Used to respell loanwords which would originally end with the suffix -tion, rarely used to form authentic words

Derived terms

Turkish terms suffixed with -syon