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Tagalog
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌkalunˈjaʔ/ , /kalunˈjaʔ/
- IPA(key): (no yod coalescence) /ˌkalunˈjaʔ/ , (no yod coalescence) /kalunˈjaʔ/
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: ka‧lun‧ya
Noun
kálunyâ or kalunyâ (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜌ)
- concubine; paramour
- Synonyms: kaapid, kerida, kulasisi, kalaguyo, kaasawa, (female) babae, (male) lalaki, patiki, kaagulo, (colloquial) kabit, (colloquial) bata, (obsolete) pangapol
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kalunya”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
- “kalunya”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 438.
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 78: “CALUNIYÁ. pp. Amiga in malam partem.”
- Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte. (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot, page 75: “Amancebarse. Calunya (pc) y este és el proprio”
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 52: “Amigo) Calunia en mala parte”
- page 404: “Mançebo) Calunya en mala parte”
- Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 71