sentensya

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish sentencia.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sen‧ten‧sya

Noun

sentensya

1. (law) verdict

   Synonym: desisyon

2. (law) sentence (judicial order for punishment, conviction)
3. (law) sentence (punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime)

Verb

sentensya

1. to sentence (declare a sentence on a convicted person)

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /senˈtensja/ [sɛn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /senˈtensja/ [sɛn̪ˈt̪ɛn̪s.jɐ]
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: sen‧tens‧ya

Noun

sentensya (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of sentensiya.

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.