talunan

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

From talo +‎ -nan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taluˈnan/,
  • Hyphenation: ta‧lu‧nan

Adjective

talunán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. defeated; beaten; never able to win (in war, games, sports, politics, etc.)
  2. (gambling) defeated resulting in death (of a gamecock in cockfighting)

Noun

talunán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. loser; underdog (in war, games, sports, politics, etc.)
    Synonym: api-apihan
  2. (gambling) gamecock defeated in a cockfight resulting to death
Related terms

Etymology 2

From talon +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌtaˈlunan/, (noun)
  • Hyphenation: ta‧lu‧nan

Verb

talunán (complete tinalunan, progressive tinatalunan, contemplative tatalunan, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

  1. to jump from; to leap from
    Synonym: lundagan
  2. to skip from
    Synonym: saltuhan
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)

  1. jumping contest or game
    Synonyms: lundagan, luksuhan
  2. simultaneous jumping in joy (by a number of people)
    Synonyms: pagtatalunan, lundagan, paglulundagan, luksuhan, pagluluksuhan

References

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