talinong

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• talilong — Laguna, Quezon, obsolete

Etymology

Possibly related to Malay renung (“meditation, thinking”). Compare dunong.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈlinoŋ/ [tɐˈliː.noŋ]
• Rhymes: -inoŋ
• Syllabification: ta‧li‧nong

Noun

talinong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜈᜓᜅ᜔)

1. sharpness of memory; photographic memory

   Synonyms: talino, dunong, talas ng isip

   matalinong na tao ― person with sharp memory

2. (Batangas, obsolete) act of being certain towards something

   Synonyms: tanto, tiyak, usisa, ulositha, alusitha, talastas, sunghi, sudhi

3. (obsolete) act of becoming apt or informed (through time or exercise of an action)

   Hindi ako makatalinong niyan.

   I am not apt for that. or I cannot figure that out.

Derived terms

• magtalinong
• makatalinong
• matalinong
• talinungin
• tumalinong

 

See also

• talino

Adjective

talinong (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜎᜒᜈᜓᜅ᜔)

1. (obsolete) understood

   Synonyms: alam, tukoy, naintindihan, tanto, tiyak, batid

Further reading

• “talinong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• 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) Talinong (pp) en algo”