alanganin
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Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Tagalog alanganin, in place of alang-alang (“not the right time/amount/level”)
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]alanganin (Badlit spelling ᜀᜎᜅᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- not the right time; unseasonable
- Alanganin na 'ron igikan, dili na ta kaabot.
- It's no use going now, we won't make it.
- not the right amount; insufficient
- not up to a certain level or standard
Related terms
[edit]Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ʔalaˈŋanin/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈŋaː.n̪ɪn̪]
- Rhymes: -anin
- Syllabification: a‧la‧nga‧nin
Adjective
[edit]alanganin (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜅᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- uncertain; doubtful; hesitant
- insufficient; lacking
- (colloquial, euphemistic) homosexual
- (dialectal, Quezon, by extension) between its young and mature stage (of a coconut)
- (dialectal, Quezon, by extension) pubescent
- Synonyms: nagbibinata (male), nagdadalaga (female)
Further reading
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- Cebuano terms borrowed from Tagalog
- Cebuano terms derived from Tagalog
- Cebuano terms with IPA pronunciation
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano adjectives
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- Cebuano terms with usage examples
- Tagalog terms suffixed with -in
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/anin
- Rhymes:Tagalog/anin/4 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog adjectives
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog colloquialisms
- Tagalog euphemisms
- Tagalog dialectal terms
- Quezon Tagalog