katarungan

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Learned borrowing from Cebuano tarong (“just; proper”) +‎ ka- -an (abstract noun-forming circumfix). Coined by Eusebio T. Daluz in the early 20th century,[1] one of the founders of the Akademya ng Wikang Pilipino (Academy of the Filipino Language), one of the predecessors of the Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino (KWF) (Commission on the Filipino Language). Compare Pangasinan katonongan and Bikol Central katadongan.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kataˈɾuŋan/, [kɐ.tɐˈɾu.ŋɐn]
  • Hyphenation: ka‧ta‧ru‧ngan

Noun[edit]

katarungan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜇᜓᜅᜈ᜔)

  1. justice
    Synonym: hustisya
    • 1914, Pedro Gatmaitan, Tungkos ng̃ alaala: katipunan ng̃a mg̃a tulã:
      Siyang̃â! At dì man ganáp na liwanag ó dì man tagumpáy ang aming mámalas sa katarung̃an mó't mg̃a pagsisikap sa pagsasarilí ng̃ bayan mong apí'y mayroón na ng̃ayón kahì't bábanaag ng̃ isáng pag-asa at dakilàng palad, anopá ng̃â't kamí'y tubós na sa hirap.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1933, Antonio G. Sempio, Ang punyal na ginto:
      May katarungang lalong dakila na makasusumpong ng lalong tumpak na kaparusahan sa mga mapangapi——iyan ang katarungan ng Dios!
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Morrow, Paul (2017) “The Filipino language that might have been (Third of a three-part series)”, in Canadian Filipino Net‎[1]

Further reading[edit]

  • “katarungan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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