independensya

Bikol Central

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish independencia.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: in‧de‧pen‧den‧sya
• IPA^(key): /ʔindepenˈdensja/, [ʔin̪.d̪e.pen̪ˈd̪en̪.ʃa]

Noun

independensya

1. Alternative form of independensiya

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔindepenˈdensja/ [ʔɪn.dɛ.pɛnˈdɛːn.ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -ensja
• Syllabification: in‧de‧pen‧dens‧ya

Noun

independensya (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of independensiya.

Usage notes

• This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel 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.