tulingan

Cebuano

Etymology

From tuling +‎ -an, referencing scombroid food poisoning, or from Proto-Philippine *tuliŋan (mackerel of the Rastrelliger sp.).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tu‧li‧ngan

Noun

tulingan

  1. bullet tuna (Auxis rochei rochei)
  2. frigate tuna (Auxis thazard)
  3. kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis)

Usage notes

Used to refer to individuals bigger than a balintong or tindoktindok but smaller than a barilis.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tuliŋan (mackerel of the Rastrelliger sp.). Compare Bikol Central turingan and Cebuano tulingan.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈliŋan/ [t̪ʊˈliː.ŋɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -iŋan
  • Syllabification: tu‧li‧ngan

Noun

tulingan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜅᜈ᜔)

  1. name of edible species of the family Thynnidae of tuna:
    1. frigate tuna (Auxis thazard)
    2. yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares)
      Synonym: bonito

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • tulingan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tuliŋan”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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