tanong

See also: Tañong

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tenung (“fortune-telling”). Compare Javanese ꦠꦼꦤꦸꦁ (tenung, “black magic”) and Sundanese tenung (“clairvoyance”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈnoŋ/ [t̪ɐˈn̪oŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Syllabification: ta‧nong

Noun

tanóng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈᜓᜅ᜔)

  1. question (something being asked about)
    Synonym: katanungan
  2. question; problem (in a test or examination)
  3. act of asking (a question)
    Synonym: pagtatanong
  4. act of inquiring (about something)
    Synonyms: usisa, pag-uusisa

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Further reading

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