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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish agencia de empeño. See also Spanish casa de empeño.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔaˌhensia de ʔemˈpenjo/
- IPA(key): (no yod coalescence) /ʔaˌhensia de ʔemˈpenjo/
- Rhymes: -enjo
- Syllabification: a‧hen‧si‧ya-de-em‧pen‧yo
Noun
ahénsiyá-de-empenyo (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜇᜒᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜈ᜔ᜌᜓ)
- pawnshop
- Synonyms: bahay-sanglaan, sanglaan, ahensiya, empenyo
Further reading
- “ahensiya-de-empenyo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 403