pasiyam

Tagalog

Etymology

From pa- +‎ siyam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pasiˈam/ [pɐˈʃam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: pa‧si‧yam

Noun

pasiyám (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜐᜒᜌᜋ᜔)

1. (Roman Catholicism) novena for the dead or other religious purposes

Related terms

• pagsisiyam

Further reading

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