-asyon

Etymology
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Suffix

 * 1)  -ation

Usage notes

 * Almost all Tagalog words with the ending are borrowed from Spanish, with some being pseudo-Hispanic adaptations of English borrowings ending with to match existing Spanish loanwords with that suffix (e.g., from ;  from ). Compare the usage of Indonesian  (from Dutch ) to replace  in some English borrowings in a similar vein to harmonize with existing Dutch borrowings ending with that suffix.
 * Rarely used to form authentic words (compared to the synonymous native equivalent ), except for surface analysis of existing words (e.g. ), which can be analyzed as + -asyon, or as replacement of English -ation as explained above.
 * Its use in adapting -ation in English loanwords has been proscribed by some linguists, most notably during his tenure in the Commission of the Philippine Language, as an example of , preferring using an equivalent with the prefix pag- or borrowing and respelling the equivalent Spanish of the English.