talunan

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From talo +‎ -nan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taluˈnan/, [tɐ.lʊˈnan]
• 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

• manalo
• matalo
• talunin

 

Etymology 2

From talon +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taluˈnan/, [tɐ.lʊˈnan] (verb)

• IPA^(key): /ˌtaˈlunan/, [ˌtaˈlu.nɐn] (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

• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 320: “TALO. pc. [...] talonan, el que siempre es vencido, nunca vencedor.”
• Rosalio Serrano (1854) Diccionario de terminos comunes tagalo-castellano‎^[2] (in Spanish), page 137: “Talonán. Vencido en guerra, or en juego.”