tuntun

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊn.tʊn/
• Rhymes: -tʊn
• Hyphenation: tún‧tún

Inherited from Malay tuntun, from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun, “to guide, to lead”), from Old Javanese tuntun (“rope or string for leading”), probably derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔðun. Doublet of tonton.

túntún

1. to guide, to lead

From Malay tuntun, compare with Minangkabau tuntun.

túntún (plural tuntun-tuntun)

1. (dialect) blinker, blindfold

• “tuntun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

tuntun

1. romanization of ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀

From Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun, “to guide, to lead”), from Old Javanese tuntun (“rope or string for leading”). Doublet of tonton. See also Tagalog tuntón (“following a path”).

tuntun (Jawi spelling تونتون)

1. to guide, to lead by holding one's hand, with a rope etc.

   Synonym: pimpin

   1. to charm, to make someone attracted to them romantically

      Synonym: pikat

2. to drag along (beasts of burden, bicycles)

   Synonyms: heret, hela

3. to flock (as a crowd) to somewhere

   Synonyms: kerumun, hurung, ramai

Compare with Minangkabau tuntun.

tuntun (Jawi spelling تونتون, plural tuntun-tuntun)

1. (dialect) blinker, blindfold

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تونتون toentoen”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 88
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تونتون tuntun”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 191-2
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tuntun”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 618

• “tuntun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Reduplication of tön (“desire”) (compare to Old Javanese atun (“desiring, loving, attached”)).

• IPA^(key): /tun.tun/
• Rhymes: -tun
• Hyphenation: tun‧tun

tuntun

1. leading rope or string

• > Javanese: ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun) (inherited)
  • → Malay: tuntun
    • > Indonesian: tuntun (inherited)

• "tuntun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

• titọn (SEY)
• tịtụn (Ekiti)

From a partial reduplication of tun (“to be new”). See Itsekiri titọ́n, Olukumi títún, Ifè titɔ̃, Igala titọ. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *-tʊ̃, from Proto-Edekiri *-tʊ̃, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *-tʊ̃. Also see Ayere ɛntɔ

• IPA^(key): /tũ̄.tũ̄/

tuntun

1. someone or something that is new

tuntun

1. to be new

tuntun

1. new

• ọbuntun (“maiden”)

• gbó (“to be old”)