-asyon

Tagalog Alternative forms tl -siyon following consonants tl -syon following vowels Etymology tl :bor es:-ación<ety:uder<la:-ātiōnem>> 2 1 Pronunciation -asyón Suffix -asyón + Used in forming a noun to represent a property corresponding to a verb, usually Spanish-derived. Also used to replace English en -ation in words adapted directly to Tagalog upon borrowing: -ation tl pag- Usage notes Almost all Tagalog words with the ending are borrowed from Spanish, with some being pseudo-Hispanic adaptations of English borrowings ending with en -ation to match existing Spanish loanwords with that suffix (e.g. tl populasyón, from en population; tl polusyón from en pollution). Compare the usage of Indonesian id -asi (from Dutch nl -atie) to replace en -ation in some English borrowings in a similar vein to harmonize with existing Dutch borrowings ending with that suffix. Rarely used to form authentic words (compared to the synonymous native equivalent tl pag-), except for surface analysis of existing words (e.g. tl modernisasyon), which can be analyzed as tl modernisa + -asyon, or as replacement of English -ation as explained above. Its use in adapting -ation in English loanwords has been proscribed by some linguists, most notably Virgilio S. Almario during his tenure in the Commission of the Philippine Language, as an example of Siyokoy (linguistics) siyokoy, preferring using an equivalent with the prefix pag- or borrowing and respelling the equivalent Spanish of the English. Derived terms tl Further reading Anagrams tl anosy anyos Ayson