puntod

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• pongtor — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• pungtod, pungtor — obsolete
• puntor — dialectal, Batangas, Rizal, informal

Etymology

Compare Cebuano bungtod / puntod and Hiligaynon bungsod / buntud.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /punˈtod/ [pʊn̪ˈt̪od̪̚]
• Rhymes: -od
• Syllabification: pun‧tod

Noun

puntód (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜇ᜔)

1. burial ground; grave

   Synonym: libingan

2. hillock
3. (golf) tee
4. (obsolete) sandbank

See also

• hukay
• mawsoleo
• nitso
• punso
• sepulkro

 

Further reading

• “puntod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 1095.