suliranin
Tagalog
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /suliˈɾanin/ [sʊ.lɪˈɾaː.n̪ɪn̪] (“flax to be spun; (figurative) problem”, noun)
- Rhymes: -anin
- IPA(key): /ˌsuliɾaˈnin/ [ˌsuː.lɪ.ɾɐˈn̪ɪn̪] (“amount of flax to be spun immediately; (figurative) immediate problem; type of rowing song”, noun)
- Rhymes: -in
- IPA(key): /suliˈɾanin/ [sʊ.lɪˈɾaː.n̪ɪn̪] (“flax to be spun; (figurative) problem”, noun)
- Syllabification: su‧li‧ra‧nin
Noun
suliranin (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜇᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- flax waiting to be run in the spinning wheel
- (figurative) problem
- Synonyms: problema, palaisipan, sigalot
Derived terms
Noun
súliranín (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜒᜇᜈᜒᜈ᜔)
- amount of flax immediately to be spun (expected to be finished in one session of spinning)
- (figurative) immediate problem; problem needing immediate attention
- (obsolete) a kind of ancient rowing song
Further reading
- “suliranin”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018