katungkulan
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- catongcolan, catungcolan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /katuŋˈkulan/ [kɐ.t̪ʊŋˈkuː.lɐn̪] (“duty; occupation; office”, noun)
- Rhymes: -ulan
- IPA(key): /katuŋkuˈlan/ [kɐ.t̪ʊŋ.kʊˈlan̪] (“specific purpose; use”, noun)
- Rhymes: -an
- IPA(key): /katuŋˈkulan/ [kɐ.t̪ʊŋˈkuː.lɐn̪] (“duty; occupation; office”, noun)
- Syllabification: ka‧tung‧ku‧lan
Noun
katungkulan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜈ᜔)
- duty; obligation; responsibility
- Synonyms: tungkulin, sagutin, pananagutan, obligasyon, responsabilidad
- occupation; position; profession
- Synonyms: trabaho, gawain, opisyo, hanapbuhay, empleo
- office (especially a public one)
- Synonym: tungkulin
Related terms
- katungkulin
Noun
katungkulán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜈ᜔)
Further reading
- “katungkulan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 642: “478”