aperesis

== Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish aféresis, from Ancient Greek ἀφαίρεσις (aphaíresis). === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔapeˈɾesis/ [ʔɐ.pɛˈɾɛː.sɪs], /ʔaˈpeɾesis/ [ʔɐˌpɛː.ɾɛˈsɪs] Rhymes: -esis, -eɾesis Syllabification: a‧pe‧re‧sis === Noun === aperesis or apéresís (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜉᜒᜇᜒᜐᜒᜐ᜔) (phonetics, linguistics, prosody) apheresis (loss of letters or sounds from the beginning of a word) Synonym: pagpupugot === Further reading === Panganiban, José Villa (1973), Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 64 Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 14