adbokasi

== Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from English advocacy with a shift of stress from the first syllable to the second syllable, from Middle English advocacie, advocacye, advocatye, from Middle French advocacie, advocatie, avocacie and Medieval Latin advocātia. Doublet of abogasya and adbokasiya. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔadˈbokasi/ [ʔɐd̪ˌboː.xɐˈsɪ] Rhymes: -okasi Syllabification: ad‧bo‧ka‧si === Noun === adbókasí (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜇ᜔ᜊᜓᜃᜐᜒ) advocacy (public support of a particular cause) Synonym: adbokasiya === Further reading === “adbokasi”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025