Abisinya

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Abisinia — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Abisinia.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabiˈsinja/ [ʔɐ.bɪˈsiː.ɲɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔabiˈsinja/ [ʔɐ.bɪˈsin̪.jɐ]

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• Rhymes: -inja
• Syllabification: A‧bi‧sin‧ya

Proper noun

Abisinya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜒᜐᜒᜈ᜔ᜌ) (historical)

1. (historical) Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia: a country and former empire in East Africa; used as an exonym until the mid 20th century)

Related terms

• Abisinyo

Further reading

• Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 4
• 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 3