siyentista

Tagalog

Etymology

Pseudo-Hispanism, derived from English scientist, influenced by Spanish -ista. Almario (2014)[1] suggests that this word was coined in order to avoid the ambiguity of an adjective or a noun present in the word siyentipiko, but the existence of other pseudo-Hispanisms such as antropolohista, biyolohista, and sosyolohista makes this unlikely.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /sienˈtista/ [ʃɛnˈtis.tɐ]
  • Rhymes: -ista
  • Syllabification: si‧yen‧tis‧ta

Noun

siyentista (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜌᜒᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜐ᜔ᜆ)

  1. scientist
    Synonyms: siyentipiko, dalub-agham

References
  1. Almario, Virgilio S. (2014) Masinop na Pagsulat‎, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, archived from the original on 23 February 2022
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