pisikalan
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˌpisiˈkalan/ [ˌpiː.sɪˈxaː.lɐn̪]
- Rhymes: -alan
- Syllabification: pi‧si‧ka‧lan
Noun
[edit]písikálan (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜐᜒᜃᜎᜈ᜔)
- (colloquial) fight involving physical contact (such as a altercation or scuffle)
- 2017 November 22, Zero A.D., Uberman, Anvil Publishing, Inc., →ISBN:
- Alam kong wala akong laban sa pisikalan. [...] Nagtawanan sila.
- I know I'm no match if they engage me in a fight. [...] They laughed.
- 2020 August 1, Veldet Ayesha, Storm's Obsession, Summit Publishing Company Inc., page 106:
- Marahil ay dahil nagulat ito sa ginawa naming pisikalan. Dahil iyon ang unang beses na nagkasakitan kami ni Eiji. “Bakit hindi mo tanungin 'yang hayup na 'yan?!”
- Perhaps he was surprised by the altercation we instigated. Because that's the first time we beat Eiji. "Why didn't you asked that jerk?!
- (colloquial) physical contact
- (Can we date this quote?), JC Quin, A Kiss in the Rain, Psicom Publishing Inc, page 106:
- Walang pisikalan, pero laki ng impact sa kanya. Sa kanila.
- There is no physical contact, but it had a major impact on him. And them.