katalonan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier variant katulunan, ka- +‎ *tulon (“intercession; possession”) +‎ -an. Compare Kapampangan katulunan (“seer”), Cebuano katuulan (“prophetess”), and Malay keturunan (“possession”). Doublet of katalona.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧lo‧nan
  • IPA(key): /kataˈlonan/, [kɐ.tɐˈlo.nɐn]

Noun

katalonan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜎᜓᜈᜈ᜔)

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

See also
  • pitolon
  • suwagi

References
  • “katalonan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
  • Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero, La Noble Villa de Pila, page 424: “Miniſtro) Catolonan (pp) de las diabluras y anitos antiguos de eſtos, tenian los grandiſimo [temor por] que creian les podian matar y dar vida con ſus hechiços (necedad) eran mugeres de ordinario”
  • Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2017) Ancient Beliefs and Customs of the Tagalogs, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 593
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