koreksiyonal

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish correccional (reform school). The sense "correctional facility" is a semantic loan from English correctional.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /koɾeksioˈnal/ [ko.ɾɛk.ʃoˈn̪al]
    • IPA(key): /koˈɾeksional/ [koˌɾɛk.ʃoˈn̪al] (English influence)
  • Syllabification: ko‧rek‧si‧yo‧nal

Noun

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koreksiyonál or koréksiyonál (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜇᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈᜎ᜔)

  1. correctional facility
  2. (obsolete) youth detention centre
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Further reading

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  • 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 164