syensya

Tagalog

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈsjensja/ [ˈʃɛn̪.ʃɐ]
    • IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ˈsjensja/ [ˈsjɛn̪.sjɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ensja
  • Syllabification: syen‧sya

Noun

syensya (Baybayin spelling ᜐ᜔ᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ)

  1. superseded, pre-2007 spelling of siyensiya

Usage notes

  • This spelling does not follow the rule regarding double vowel clusters beginning with /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel (eg. /ia/ or /ua/), which are typically retained at the start of a word or after two consecutive consonants then inserting y or w between the vowels. See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.