kalunuran

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• calonoran, calunuran — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From lunod +‎ ka- -an, meaning the “place of drowning” because the sun “drowns” or sets in the west.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaluˈnuɾan/ [kɐ.lʊˈn̪uː.ɾɐn̪]
• Rhymes: -uɾan
• Syllabification: ka‧lu‧nu‧ran

Noun

kalunuran (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜎᜓᜈᜓᜇᜈ᜔)

1. (literally) drowning

   Synonyms: lunod, pagkalunod

2. (literally) place of drowning

   Synonym: paglulunuran

3. (figuratively) western horizon at sunset
4. Archaic form of kanluran.

   sa dapit kalunuran ― to the west

Derived terms

• ipasakalunuran
• kalunuranin
• kumalunuran
• magkalunuran
• pakalunuran
• sumakalunuran

 

Further reading

• “kalunuran”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 600.
• 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
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[2], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 449: “Ocçidente) Calonoran (pp) lugar dondeſe pone el ſol abs) y metaf ) de lonor, porque les pareçe ſe ahoga el ſol quando ſe pone.”