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Etymology
From a metathesis of a syncopic form of kalunuran (lunod + ka- -an), meaning the "place of drowning" because the sun "drowns" or sets in the west.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: kan‧lu‧ran
- IPA(key): /kanˈluɾan/
- Rhymes: -uɾan
Noun
kanlúran (Basahan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜍᜈ᜔)
- west; the direction of sunset
- Synonym: sulnopan
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology
From a metathesis of a syncopic form of kalunuran (lunod + ka- -an), meaning the “place of drowning” because the sun “drowns” or sets in the west. Compare Cebuano kalundan. See also Latin occidens.
Pronunciation
Noun
kanluran (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜇᜈ᜔)
- west; the direction of sunset
- Synonyms: oeste, oksidente, habagatan, (obsolete) habagat
Pakanluran ang tinatakbo ngayon ng bagyo- The typhoon is now moving to the west
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See also
Further reading
- “kanluran”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Fernández, Eligio (1893) Vocabulario tagalo-castellano, Manila, page 27
- 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 582
- Zorc, David Paul (1981) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 75