palabilangan

• palabilag̃an — obsolete

From pala- +‎ bilang (“number”) +‎ -an.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˌlabiˈlaŋan/ [pɐˌlaː.bɪˈlaː.ŋɐn̪], /paˌlabilaˈŋan/ [pɐˌlaː.bɪ.lɐˈŋan̪]
• Rhymes: -aŋan, -an
• Syllabification: pa‧la‧bi‧la‧ngan

palábilángan or palábilangán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜎᜊᜒᜎᜅᜈ᜔) (obsolete)

1. arithmetic

   Synonyms: aritmetika, (neologism) bilnuran

   • 1953, Pasugo, volume 6, Iglesia ni Cristo, page 32:

     Siya'y nagpaiwan sa Kalamba at upang samantalahin ang panaho'y nag-aral ng palabilangan sa isang guro sa bayan.

     He stayed at Calamba and to make use of the time, he studied arithmetic from a teacher at the town.

2. study of numbers; numeration

   Synonym: palanumeruhan

   • 2019, Balarilà ng Wikang Pambansá, Komisyon sa Wikang FIlipino, page 205:

     Kapág ang Palábilangan o Karunungan sa pagbilang ay nápasalin na’t náipaaklát sa sariling wikà, waláng-salang mamámalasak at magiging masakláw na rin ang uring itó ng pamilang.

     When numeration or the knowledge of counting was already translated and printed to books to our own language, this kind of counting should inculpably be in common use and would be greatly covered.

• Tolentino, Guillermo E. (1937) Wika at baybaying tagalog, page 42
• Sevilla, Jose N. (1939) Sinupan ng̃ Wikag̃ Tagalog, page 111
• del Rosario, Gonsalo (1969) “Sipnayan (Mathematics)”, in Maugnaying Talasalitaang Pang-agham : Ingles-Pilipino [Correlative Word List for Sciences : English-Filipino] (overall work in English and Tagalog), Manila: National Book Store, Inc., →LCCN, →OL, page 62