sentensiya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• sentensia, sintencia — obsolete
• sentensya — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sentencia, from Latin sententia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /senˈtensia/ [sɛn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /senˈtensia/ [sɛn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪.sjɐ]
• Rhymes: -ensia
• Syllabification: sen‧ten‧si‧ya

Noun

senténsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ) (law)

1. verdict

   Synonyms: desisyon, hatol, pasiya

2. sentence; punishment from a verdict

   Synonym: parusa

Derived terms

• magsentensiya
• masentensiyahan
• sentensiyahan

 

Related terms

• sentensiyado
• sentensiyador

 

References

• “sentensiya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1889) Diccionario Hispano-tagálog‎^[1], Manila.