epilepsiya

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish epilepsia, from Late Latin epilēpsia, from Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία (epilēpsía).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔepiˈlepsia/ [ʔɛ.pɪˈlɛp.ʃɐ]
  • IPA^(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔepiˈlepsia/ [ʔɛ.pɪˈlɛp.sjɐ]
• Rhymes: -epsia
• Syllabification: e‧pi‧lep‧si‧ya

Noun

epilépsiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒᜎᜒᜉ᜔ᜐᜒᜌ)

1. (pathology) epilepsy

See also

• kisay
• gotakura
• kombulsiyon

Further reading

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