totoo

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Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu. Doublet of tuo.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: to‧to‧o
  • IPA(key): /toˈtoʔo/ [toˈto.ʔo]

Adjective

totóo

  1. true; factual

Derived terms

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • tutooobsolete
  • tutuwodialectal, Batangas

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuqu. Compare Pangasinan two, Kapampangan tutu, Cebuano tuo, and Maranao toto'o.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /totoˈʔo/ [t̪o.t̪oˈʔo]
    • Rhymes: -o
  • (dialectal, Southern Tagalog, uncommon, alternative) IPA(key): /toˈtoʔo/ [t̪oˈt̪oː.ʔo]
    • Rhymes: -oʔo
  • Syllabification: to‧to‧o

Adjective

totoó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜂ)

  1. true; real; authentic; genuine
    Synonym: tunay
  2. sincere
    Synonyms: tapat, matapat

Derived terms

Noun

totoó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜂ)

  1. truth
    Synonym: katotohanan

Adverb

totoó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜂ)

  1. really
    Synonym: talaga

Further reading

  • totoo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Yami

Noun

totoo

  1. owl