molestiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• molestya

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish molestia. The lewd sense is a semantic loan from English molest. Doublet of molesta.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /moˈlestia/ [moˈlɛs.t͡ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /moˈlestia/ [moˈlɛs.t̪jɐ]
• Rhymes: -estia
• Syllabification: mo‧les‧ti‧ya

Noun

moléstiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ)

1. trouble; nuisance; hassle; annoyance; bother; vexation; inconvenience; pain in the ass; pain in the butt; disturbance; burden; imposition; pestering
2. request; plea
3. molestation; sexual abuse; the committing of lewdness

Derived terms

• imolestiya
• ipamolestiya
• magmolestiya
• makamolestiya
• makimolestiya
• mamolestiya
• mangmolestiya
• minomolestiya
• molestiyahin
• pagkakamolestiya
• pagkamolestiya
• pagmomolestiya
• palamolestiya
• pamolestiya
• pangmolestiya
• tagamolestiya
• tagapagmolestiya

 

Further reading

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