emorahiya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish hemorragia, from Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “violent bleeding”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔemoˈɾahia/ [ʔɛ.moˈɾaː.hjɐ]
• Rhymes: -ahia
• Syllabification: e‧mo‧ra‧hi‧ya

Noun

emoráhiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋᜓᜇᜑᜒᜌ)

1. hemorrhage

See also

• pagdurugo

Further reading

• “emorahiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018