unsiyon

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• onsion — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• unsyon — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish unción, from Latin ūnctiōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔunsiˈon/, [ʔʊnˈʃon]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: un‧si‧yon

Noun

unsiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. unction; anointing

   Synonym: himo

Related terms

• ekstrema unsiyon
• ungguwento

 

See also

• aliw
• hinas
• krisma
• santa oleo

 

Further reading

• “unsiyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 603: “Vnçion) Vnſiyon (pc) C. eſtrema”