kanluran

See also: Kanluran

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• calondan — obsolete

Etymology

From a metathesis of a syncopic form of kalunuran (lunod +‎ ka- -an), meaning the "place of drowning" because the sun "drowns" or sets in the west.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kan‧lu‧ran
• IPA^(key): /kanˈluɾan/ [kan̪ˈl̪u.ɾan̪]

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• Rhymes: -uɾan

Noun

kanlúran (Basahan spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜍᜈ᜔)

1. west; the direction of sunset

   Synonym: sulnopan

Further reading

• Lisboa, Marcos de (1628), Vocabulario de la lengua Bicol‎^[1], Establecimiento Tipográfico del Colegio de Santo Tomás, published 1865, page 90

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• calonoran, calunuran — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• canloran — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kalunuran — archaic

Etymology

From a metathesis of a syncopic form of kalunuran (lunod +‎ ka- -an), meaning the “place of drowning” because the sun “drowns” or sets in the west. Compare Cebuano kalundan. See also Latin occidens.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kanˈluɾan/ [kɐn̪ˈluː.ɾɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -uɾan
• Syllabification: kan‧lu‧ran
• Homophone: Kanluran

Noun

kanluran (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜈ᜔ᜎᜓᜇᜈ᜔)

1. west; the direction of sunset

   Synonyms: oeste, oksidente, habagatan, (obsolete) habagat

   Pakanluran ang tinatakbo ngayon ng bagyo

   The typhoon is now moving to the west

Coordinate terms

compass points:  ^[edit]

hilagang-kanluran	hilaga	hilagang-silangan
kanluran		silangan
timog-kanluran	timog	timog-silangan

Derived terms

• hilagang-kanluran
• kakanlu-kanluranan
• kakanluranan
• kanluranan
• kanluranin
• Kanlurang Asya
• Kanlurang Dagat ng Pilipinas
• Kanlurang Imperyong Romano
• pakanluran
• tagakanluran
• timog-kanluran

Related terms

• Kanluran

See also

• kaliwa

Further reading

• “kanluran”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Fernández, Eligio (1893), Vocabulario tagalo-castellano‎^[2], Manila, page 27
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[3] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 582
• Zorc, David Paul (1981), Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 2, page 75