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

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• calonoran, calunuran — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• canloran — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• 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

hilagang kanluran norweste	hilaga norte	hilagang silangan nordeste
oksidente kanluran oeste		oryente silangan este
salatan timog-kanluran	sur timog	timog-silangan

Derived terms

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

 

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