tunton

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuntun. See also Malay tuntun and Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tunˈton/ [t̪ʊn̪ˈt̪on̪]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: tun‧ton

Noun

tuntón (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜈ᜔)

  1. act of following or tracing the path or trail (of something or someone)
    Synonyms: bakas, pagbakas, talunton, pagtalunton, sunod, pagsunod
  2. act of following the law, regulations, etc.
    Synonyms: sunod, pagsunod, pag-aalinsunod
  3. act of tracing the source or origin (as of one's family lineage)
  4. act of giving guidance or direction
  5. tracing; retracing (of lines in a drawing)
    Synonyms: sunson, pagsunson

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “tunton”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tuntun”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
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