tunay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai).

túnay

1. true; genuine

• katunayan

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian and Malay tunai).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunaj/ [ˈtu.n̪aɪ̯]
• Hyphenation: tu‧nay

túnay (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔)

1. real; genuine; authentic

   Antonyms: peke, palso

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai).

túnay

1. true; real; genuine

• megpatunay

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai).

• Hyphenation: tu‧nay
• IPA^(key): /ˈtunaj/ [ˈt̪u.n̪ɐɪ̯]

tunay

1. real; genuine; true
2. (slang) faithful to one's sweetheart

• katunayan

• tonay — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai) or from Malay tunai, ultimately from Tamil துணை (tuṇai).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtunaj/ [ˈt̪uː.n̪aɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -unaj
• Syllabification: tu‧nay

tunay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔)

1. true; real; genuine

   Synonyms: tibubos, totoo, talaga

   Antonyms: di-tunay, huwad, peke

2. certain; reliable

   Synonym: tiyak

3. right; correct

   Synonyms: tama, wasto, tumpak

tunay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔)

1. truly; really

   Synonyms: talaga, totoo

   Siyang tunay! ― Truly! or That's true!

• → Kapampangan: tune

• “tunay”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tunay”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI