apirma

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish afirmar, from Latin affirmāre.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔapiɾˈma/ [ʔɐ.pɪɾˈma]
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: a‧pir‧ma

Noun

apirmá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜒᜇ᜔ᜋ)

  1. act of affirming or asserting; affirmation
    Synonyms: patibay, patunay, patotoo, sang-ayon, aproba, deklara, apirmasyon

Derived terms

  • apirmahan
  • apirmahin
  • iapirma
  • mag-apirma

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