talunan
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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay talunan, equivalent to talun + -an.
Pronunciation
Noun
talunan
Further reading
- “talunan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taluˈnan/
- Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: ta‧lu‧nan
Adjective
talunán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)
- defeated; beaten; never able to win (in war, games, sports, politics, etc.)
- (gambling) defeated resulting in death (of a gamecock in cockfighting)
Noun
talunán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)
- loser; underdog (in war, games, sports, politics, etc.)
- Synonym: api-apihan
- (gambling) gamecock defeated in a cockfight resulting to death
Related terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: ta‧lu‧nan
Verb
talunán (complete tinalunan, progressive tinatalunan, contemplative tatalunan, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)
Conjugation
Verb conjugation for talunan
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| -an | talon | object | ||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | |
| talunan | tinalunan | tinatalunan inatalunan1 |
tatalunan atalunan1 |
taluni1 |
| 1 Dialectal use only. | ||||
Noun
tálúnan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)
- jumping contest or game
- simultaneous jumping in joy (by a number of people)
- Synonyms: pagtatalunan, lundagan, paglulundagan, luksuhan, pagluluksuhan
References
- 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 320: “TALO. pc. [...] talonan, el que siempre es vencido, nunca vencedor.”
- Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano (in Spanish), page 137: “Talonán. Vencido en guerra, or en juego.”