istansa

== Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from English stanza, from Italian stanza, from Vulgar Latin *stantia (“standing, stopping-place”), from Latin stāns, stantis. Doublet of estansiya. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔisˈtansa/ [ʔɪsˈt̪an̪.sɐ] Rhymes: -ansa Syllabification: is‧tan‧sa === Noun === istansa (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜐ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔ᜐ) (poetry) stanza (a unit of a poem) Synonyms: saknong, talataan, taludturan, estropa, pukto === Further reading === “istansa”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025 “istansa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018