probinsyano

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish provinciano.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: pro‧bin‧sya‧no

Noun

probinsyano

  1. provincial
  2. country dweller
  3. country bumpkin

Tagalog

Noun

probinsyano (Baybayin spelling ᜉ᜔ᜇᜓᜊᜒᜈ᜔ᜐ᜔ᜌᜈᜓ)

  1. Superseded, pre-2007 spelling of probinsiyano.

Usage notes

This spelling does not follow the rule of double vowel clusters with an /i/ or /u/ as the first vowel following a double consonant (where the standard is to retain the vowel cluster and add a ⟨y⟩ or ⟨w⟩ in between). See Appendix:Tagalog spellings for details.

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