talilong

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈliloŋ/ [tɐˈliː.loŋ]
• Rhymes: -iloŋ
• Syllabification: ta‧li‧long

Etymology 1

Noun

talilong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

1. immature large-scaled mullet

See also

• banak

Etymology 2

A variant of talinong, according to the Vocabulario de la lengua tagala (1860), from the Tinguianes, literally, “hilldwellers” (cf. Malay tinggi (“high; tall”)), near the area of modern San Pablo, Laguna, Nagcarlan, Laguna, and Lucena, Quezon, likely referring to the area near Mount Banahaw (not to be confused with Tinguian people or Itneg in the Cordilleras).

Noun

talilong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜎᜓᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

1. Alternative form of talinong

Derived terms

• magtalilong
• matalilong
• talilungin
• tumalilong

 

Further reading

• 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 612: “Zertificarſe) Talilong (pp) T. en algo que duda”