ahensya

Cebuano

Noun

ahensya

1. Alternative form of ahensiya

Hiligaynon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish agencia.

Noun

ahénsya

1. agency
2. pawnshop

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈhensja/ [ʔɐˈhɛn̪.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔaˈhensja/ [ʔɐˈhɛn̪s.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: a‧hens‧ya

Noun

ahensya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of ahensiya.

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.