paunti-unti

Tagalog

Etymology

From pa- +‎ unti-unti.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paʔunˌtiʔ ʔunˈtiʔ/ [pɐ.ʔʊn̪ˌt̪iʔ ʔʊn̪ˈt̪iʔ]
  • IPA^(key): (with glottal stop elision) /paʔunˌti(ʔ) ʔunˈtiʔ/ [pɐ.ʔʊn̪ˌt̪iː ʔʊn̪ˈt̪iʔ]
• Rhymes: -iʔ
• Syllabification: pa‧un‧ti-un‧ti

Adverb

pauntî-untî (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜒᜂᜈ᜔ᜆᜒ)

1. little by little; bit by bit