talunan

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From talo + -nan.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧lu‧nan
  • IPA(key): /taˈlunan/, [tɐˈlu.nɐn]

Adjective

talunan

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

Noun

talunan

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

Etymology 2

From talon + -an.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧lu‧nan
  • IPA(key): /taluˈnan/, [tɐ.lʊˈnan] (verb)
  • IPA(key): /ˌtaˈlunan/, [ˌtaˈlu.nɐn] (noun)

Verb

talunán (complete tinalunan, progressive tinatalunan, contemplative tatalunan)

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

Noun

tálúnan

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

References

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