metatesis

Borrowed from English metathesis.

• IPA^(key): /metatesis/
• Rhymes: -sis, -is
• Hyphenation: mé‧ta‧té‧sis

metatesis (Jawi spelling ميتاتيسيس)

1. metathesis

• “metatesis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Spanish metátesis, from Late Latin metathesis, from Ancient Greek μετάθεσις (metáthesis).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /meˈtatesis/ [mɛˌt̪aː.t̪ɛˈsɪs]
• Rhymes: -atesis
• Syllabification: me‧ta‧te‧sis

metátesis (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜆᜆᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔) (phonetics, prosody)

1. metathesis (the transposition of letters, syllables or sounds within a word)

   Synonym: paglilipat

• “metatesis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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 398