tantan

tantan

1. genitive singular of tantta

tantan

1. Rōmaji transcription of たんたん

tantan

1. third-person singular present indicative of tantay

From Proto-Philippine *tantan (“slow down; immobilize; lose interest in doing something”). Compare Ilocano tantan (“unnecessary delay”), Pangasinan tantan (“slow down; calm down”), and Cebuano tantan (“pay debt partially”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tanˈtan/ [t̪ɐn̪ˈt̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: tan‧tan

tantán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

1. cessation (as of someone's continuous chattering, etc.)

   Synonyms: tigil, pagtigil, hinto, paghinto, likat, paglikat

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

Ultimately from New Latin tantalum, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːn˧˧ taːn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːn˧˧ taːn˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [taːn˧˧ taːn˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: tań tań

tantan

1. tantalum