abusyon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• abusion — obsolete
• abusiyon — superseded

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó

Proto-Italic *ap

Latin abder.

Latin ab-

Proto-Indo-European *h₃eyt-der.?

Proto-Italic *oitōr

Latin ūtor

Latin abūtor

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin abūsiōnembor.

Spanish abusiónbor.

Tagalog abusyon

Borrowed from Spanish abusión (“abuse; absurdity; deception; superstition; catachresis”), borrowed from Latin abūsiōnem, from abūtor + -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔabusˈjon/ [ʔɐ.bʊˈʃon̪]
  • IPA^(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔabusˈjon/ [ʔɐ.bʊsˈjon̪]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: a‧bus‧yon

Noun

abusyón (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊᜓᜐ᜔ᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. superstition

   Synonyms: pamahiin, superstisyon, pahiim, tagalhi, pangatahuan, erehiya

Derived terms

• maabusyon
• mag-abusyon
• mapag-abusyon

Related terms

• abusada
• abusado
• abusera
• abusero
• abusibo
• abuso
• abuso de kumpiyansa
• uso

Further reading

• “abusyon”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025