agunyas
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish agonías, plural of agonía (“agony”), from Latin agonia, from Ancient Greek ἀγωνία (agōnía).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaɡunˈjas/ [ʔɐ.ɣʊnˈɲas]
- IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔaɡunˈjas/ [ʔɐ.ɣʊn̪ˈjas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: a‧gun‧yas
Noun
agunyás (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄᜓᜈ᜔ᜌᜐ᜔) (Christianity)
- solemn tolling of church bell for the dead; knell
Derived terms
- iagunyas
- umagunyas
See also
References
- “agunyas”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “agunyas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- 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 16