absorsiyon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• absorpsiyon — pseudo-Hispanism
• absorpsyon — superseded, pre-2007, pseudo-Hispanism
• absorsyon — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish absorción, from Latin absorptiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabsoɾsiˈon/ [ʔɐb.soɾˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔabsoɾsiˈon/ [ʔɐb.soɾˈsjon̪]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: ab‧sor‧si‧yon

Noun

absorsiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐᜓᜇ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. absorption

   Synonyms: sipsip, pagsipsip, higop, paghigop

Related terms

• absorbente

Further reading

• “absorsiyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 5