salungsung

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suŋsuŋ (“go against wind or current”). Compare Pangasinan songsong (“contradict; go against the tide”), Tagalog sungsong, Agutaynen tongtong (“go against the current”), Cebuano salungsung (“go directly against the current”). Tausug Sungsung (“China”), Malay songsong (“opposite direction”), and Javanese ꦤꦸꦁꦱꦸꦁ (nungsung, “go upstream, toward the source”). See also sulung, Sungsung, tapayan sungsung (“Chinese jar”).

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /səlʊŋˈsuŋ/ [sə.lʊŋˈsuŋ]

Noun

salungsung

  1. epoch; season; peak time of something
    Synonyms: sungsung, panaun, sagsag, kasagsagan

Verb

salungsung

  1. involving oneself needlessly or risking oneself in danger, odds, or difficulties
  2. to advance; to risk oneself
    Synonyms: sumulung, sungsungan, sumungsung

Derived terms

  • kasalungsungan
  • pangkasalungsungan
  • salungsungan
  • sasalungsung
  • sasalungsungan
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