katalonan

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Etymology

From earlier variant katulunan, from *tulon (“intercession; possession”) +‎ ka- -an. Compare Kapampangan katulunan (“seer”), Cebuano katuulan (“prophetess”), and Malay keturunan (“possession”). Doublet of katalona. See also Kapampangan tulun (“come to mind”), Tausug tulun (“something given by God”), Malay turun (“descend”), and Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuʀun (“to descend, go down; to lower”).

Pronunciation

Noun

katalonan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔) (historical)

  1. shaman; priest (of any gender)
    Synonyms: babaylan, katalona

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