aperesis

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish aféresis, from Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔapeˈɾesis/ [ʔɐ.pɛˈɾɛː.sɪs], /ʔaˈpeɾesis/ [ʔɐˌpɛː.ɾɛˈsɪs]
  • Rhymes: -esis, -eɾesis
  • Syllabification: a‧pe‧re‧sis

Noun

aperesis or apéresís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜒᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔) (phonetics, linguistics, prosody)

  1. apheresis (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word)
    Synonym: pagpupugot

Further reading

  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 64
  • Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 14
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