abstinensya

== Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔabstiˈnensja/ [ʔɐbs.t̪ɪˈn̪ɛn̪.ʃɐ] IPA(key): (no palatal assimilation) /ʔabstiˈnensja/ [ʔɐbs.t̪ɪˈn̪ɛn̪.sjɐ] Rhymes: -ensja Syllabification: abs‧ti‧nen‧sya === Noun === abstinensya (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜊ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜆᜒᜈᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌ) superseded, pre-2007 spelling of abstinensiya ==== Usage notes ==== This spelling does not follow the rule regarding double vowel clusters beginning with /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel (eg. /ia/ or /ua/), which are typically retained at the start of a word or after two consecutive consonants then inserting ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ between the vowels. See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.