amnestiya

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amnistía, from Latin amnestia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: am‧nes‧ti‧ya
• IPA^(key): /ʔamnesˈtija/, [ʔɐm.n̪es̪ˈt̪i.jɐ]

Noun

amnestiya

1. amnesty

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:amnestiya.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• amnistiya
• amnistia — obsolete
• amnestia — obsolete

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish amnistía, from Latin amnestia, from Ancient Greek ἀμνηστία (amnēstía). The shift from ⟨i⟩ to ⟨e⟩ can be either from interference by English amnesty or /e~i/ allophony.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔamnesˈtia/ [ʔɐm.nɛsˈti.ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: am‧nes‧ti‧ya

Noun

amnestiya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋ᜔ᜈᜒᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜌ)

1. amnesty

See also

• salong-sandata
• hulaw-digma

Further reading

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