"selan" meaning in Tagalog

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Noun

IPA: /ˈselan/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈsɛː.lɐn̪] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜐᜒᜎᜈ᜔ [Baybayin], saelan [alternative, obsolete], selang [alternative], silan [alternative]
Rhymes: -elan Etymology: Unknown. Possibly from Hokkien: * Clipping of 詳細 /详细 (siâng-sè, “detailed”) + 儂 / 人 /侬 / 人 (lâng, “person; people”), according to Manuel (1948). * 西人 (se-lâng, “Westerner”), according to Chan-Yap (1980). See also Kapampangan maselan (“finicky; over formal; touchy; who in all things finds fault”), from sala (“to find fault, or to censure, blame”). Etymology templates: {{bor|tl|nan-hbl|-}} Hokkien, {{clipping|tl||nocat=1}} Clipping, {{cog|pam|maselan||finicky; over formal; touchy; who in all things finds fault}} Kapampangan maselan (“finicky; over formal; touchy; who in all things finds fault”) Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} selan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜈ᜔)
  1. delicateness of a condition or situation Synonyms: kadelikaduhan
    Sense id: en-selan-tl-noun-JKjcTqB- Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 22 32 36 10 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 19 39 37 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 21 26 28 25 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 19 38 38 5
  2. prudishness; fastidiousness; choosiness Synonyms: delikadesa, kaselangan, pagkamaselang, kadelikaduhan, kadelikadesahan
    Sense id: en-selan-tl-noun-WDVsOwIZ Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 22 32 36 10 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 19 39 37 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 21 26 28 25 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 19 38 38 5
  3. squeamishness; prudishness
    Sense id: en-selan-tl-noun-I4SArOVn Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 22 32 36 10 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 19 39 37 5 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 21 26 28 25 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 19 38 38 5
  4. seriousness; gravity; critical state Synonyms: lubha, kalubhaan
    Sense id: en-selan-tl-noun--J1dfe-M Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 22 32 36 10 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 21 26 28 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kaselanan, maselan, maselang bahagi, pagkamaselan

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "kaselanan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "maselan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "maselang bahagi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "pagkamaselan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping",
      "name": "clipping"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pam",
        "2": "maselan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "finicky; over formal; touchy; who in all things finds fault"
      },
      "expansion": "Kapampangan maselan (“finicky; over formal; touchy; who in all things finds fault”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly from Hokkien:\n* Clipping of 詳細 /详细 (siâng-sè, “detailed”) + 儂 / 人 /侬 / 人 (lâng, “person; people”), according to Manuel (1948).\n* 西人 (se-lâng, “Westerner”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).\nSee also Kapampangan maselan (“finicky; over formal; touchy; who in all things finds fault”), from sala (“to find fault, or to censure, blame”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜐᜒᜎᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saelan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selang",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "selan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜈ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "se‧lan"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "se‧lan"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 32 36 10",
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 39 37 5",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 26 28 25",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 38 38 5",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "delicateness of a condition or situation"
      ],
      "id": "en-selan-tl-noun-JKjcTqB-",
      "links": [
        [
          "delicateness",
          "delicateness"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kadelikaduhan"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "22 32 36 10",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 39 37 5",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 26 28 25",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 38 38 5",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "prudishness; fastidiousness; choosiness"
      ],
      "id": "en-selan-tl-noun-WDVsOwIZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "prudishness",
          "prudishness"
        ],
        [
          "fastidiousness",
          "fastidiousness"
        ],
        [
          "choosiness",
          "choosiness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "delikadesa"
        },
        {
          "word": "kaselangan"
        },
        {
          "word": "pagkamaselang"
        },
        {
          "word": "kadelikaduhan"
        },
        {
          "word": "kadelikadesahan"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "22 32 36 10",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "19 39 37 5",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "21 26 28 25",
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          "_dis": "19 38 38 5",
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "squeamishness; prudishness"
      ],
      "id": "en-selan-tl-noun-I4SArOVn",
      "links": [
        [
          "squeamishness",
          "squeamishness"
        ],
        [
          "prudishness",
          "prudishness"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "21 26 28 25",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "seriousness; gravity; critical state"
      ],
      "id": "en-selan-tl-noun--J1dfe-M",
      "links": [
        [
          "seriousness",
          "seriousness"
        ],
        [
          "gravity",
          "gravity"
        ],
        [
          "critical",
          "critical"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lubha"
        },
        {
          "word": "kalubhaan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈselan/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛː.lɐn̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "selan"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Tagalog/elan",
    "Rhymes:Tagalog/elan/2 syllables",
    "Tagalog 2-syllable words",
    "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog nouns",
    "Tagalog terms borrowed from Hokkien",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Hokkien",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "kaselanan"
    },
    {
      "word": "maselan"
    },
    {
      "word": "maselang bahagi"
    },
    {
      "word": "pagkamaselan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "tl",
        "2": "nan-hbl",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Hokkien",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Clipping",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "pam",
        "2": "maselan",
        "3": "",
        "4": "finicky; over formal; touchy; who in all things finds fault"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Unknown. Possibly from Hokkien:\n* Clipping of 詳細 /详细 (siâng-sè, “detailed”) + 儂 / 人 /侬 / 人 (lâng, “person; people”), according to Manuel (1948).\n* 西人 (se-lâng, “Westerner”), according to Chan-Yap (1980).\nSee also Kapampangan maselan (“finicky; over formal; touchy; who in all things finds fault”), from sala (“to find fault, or to censure, blame”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜐᜒᜎᜈ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "saelan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "selang",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "silan",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "selan (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜒᜎᜈ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "se‧lan"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "se‧lan"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "delicateness of a condition or situation"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "delicateness",
          "delicateness"
        ],
        [
          "condition",
          "condition"
        ],
        [
          "situation",
          "situation"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kadelikaduhan"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "prudishness; fastidiousness; choosiness"
      ],
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        [
          "prudishness",
          "prudishness"
        ],
        [
          "fastidiousness",
          "fastidiousness"
        ],
        [
          "choosiness",
          "choosiness"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "delikadesa"
        },
        {
          "word": "kaselangan"
        },
        {
          "word": "pagkamaselang"
        },
        {
          "word": "kadelikaduhan"
        },
        {
          "word": "kadelikadesahan"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "squeamishness; prudishness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "squeamishness",
          "squeamishness"
        ],
        [
          "prudishness",
          "prudishness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "seriousness; gravity; critical state"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "seriousness",
          "seriousness"
        ],
        [
          "gravity",
          "gravity"
        ],
        [
          "critical",
          "critical"
        ],
        [
          "state",
          "state"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lubha"
        },
        {
          "word": "kalubhaan"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈselan/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsɛː.lɐn̪]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-elan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "selan"
}

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