abstinensya

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabstiˈnensja/ [ʔɐbs.t̪ɪˈn̪ɛn̪.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔabstiˈnensja/ [ʔɐbs.t̪ɪˈn̪ɛn̪s.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: abs‧ti‧nens‧ya

Noun

abstinensya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of abstinensiya.

Usage notes

• This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel when at the start of a word or when 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.