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Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /taˈliloŋ/,
- Hyphenation: ta‧li‧long
Etymology 1
Noun
talilong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜎᜓᜅ᜔)
- immature large-scaled mullet
See also
Etymology 2
From the Tinguian people, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860). Likely related etymologically to talinong.
Noun
talilong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜎᜓᜅ᜔) (obsolete)
- act of being certain towards something
- Synonym: talinong
Derived terms
Further reading
- 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
- 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 612: “Zertificarſe) Talilong (pp) T. en algo que duda”