pinulongan
Cebuano
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pinulongan (Badlit spelling ᜉᜒᜈᜓᜎᜓᜅᜈ᜔)
- language; speech; tongue
- Synonym: lengguwahe
- 2019 June 2, Jason Baguia, “Pinulongan, kabilin, ug kahulogan (Language, heritage, and meaning)”, in Cebu Daily News[1]:
- Mga isog, madasigon, ug mapinanggaon sa pinulongan nga misalmot sa atong kalihokan karon, gikan sa nagkalainlaing kolehiyo nga naglangkob niining Dakong Tunghaan sa Pilipinas sa Sugbo.
- The brave, enthusiastic, and lovers of language who participated in our activity today, from the various colleges that comprise this University of the Philippines in Cebu.
- dialect
- parlance
Usage notes
[edit]- While pinulongan is the formal and literary term for "language," in common everyday speech, the term sinultian (literally, "way of speaking") is more frequently used.