buntot

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntut (“rear end of a chicken”). Compare Malay buntut.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /bunˈtot/ [bʊn̪ˈt̪ot̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ot
• Syllabification: bun‧tot

Noun

buntót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔)

1. tail (of an animal, etc.)
2. act of tailing someone

   Synonyms: sunod, pagsunod-sunod

3. posterior; rear; last part or end (of a long line, etc.)

   Synonyms: dulo, huli, hulihan

4. (figurative) result; outcome

   Synonym: bunga

5. train (of a dress, skirt, etc.)
6. tail feather (of birds)

Derived terms

• bahag ang buntot
• bubuntutan
• bumuntot
• bumuntot-buntot
• buntot na punggi
• buntot-buntutan
• buntot-buwaya
• buntot-kapon
• buntot-leon
• buntot-page
• buntot-palos
• buntot-pusa
• buntot-tigre
• buntutan
• kabuntot
• magbuntot
• mamuntot
• pabuntot
• pambuntot

 

Further reading

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