tugtog

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tugtug, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tugtug (cf. Ilocano and Tagalog tugtog), from Proto-Austronesian *CugCug.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuɡtoɡ/ [ˈtuɡ.toɡ]
  • Hyphenation: tug‧tog

Noun

túgtóg (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. playing a musical instrument
  2. music
    Synonym: musika

Derived terms

  • magtugtog
  • patugtog
  • tugtogan
  • tugtogon

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: tug‧tog

Noun

tugtog

  1. the watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tugtug, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tugtug, from Proto-Austronesian *CugCug.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuɡˈtoɡ/ [tuɡˈtoɡ]
  • Hyphenation: tug‧tog

Noun

tugtóg (Kur-itan spelling ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. knock (abrupt rapping sound)
  2. music
    Synonyms: musika, ayug

Derived terms

  • agtugtog
  • patugtugan
  • patugtugen

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tugtug, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tugtug (cf. Bikol Central tugtog and Ilocano tugtog), from Proto-Austronesian *CugCug.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuɡˈtoɡ/ [t̪ʊɡˈt̪oɡ̚]
  • Rhymes: -oɡ
  • Syllabification: tug‧tog

Noun

tugtóg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜄ᜔)

  1. act of playing a musical instrument
    Synonym: pagtugtog
  2. music or sound made by a musical instrument, audio device, etc.
    Synonyms: tugtugin, musika
  3. act of ringing a bell
  4. sound of a bell, clock, etc.
    Synonym: tunog

Derived terms

Further reading

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