emerhensiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• emerhensya — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish emergencia, from Medieval Latin emergentia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔemeɾˈhensia/ [ʔɛ.mɛɾˈhɛn̪.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔemeɾˈhensia/ [ʔɛ.mɛɾˈhɛn̪.sjɐ]
• Rhymes: -ensia
• Syllabification: e‧mer‧hen‧si‧ya

Noun

emerhénsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜒᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. emergency (situation requiring urgent assistance)

   Synonym: kagipitan

Further reading

• “emerhensiya” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “emerhensiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018