tugtog

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• togtog, tugtug

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tugtug, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tugtug (cf. Ilocano and Tagalog tugtog), from Proto-Austronesian *CugCug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuɡtoɡ/ [ˈtuɡ.toɡ]
• Hyphenation: tug‧tog

Noun

túgtóg (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜄ᜔)

1. playing a musical instrument
2. music

   Synonym: musika

Derived terms

• magtugtog
• patugtog
• tugtogan
• tugtogon

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tug‧tog

Noun

tugtog

1. the watercock (Gallicrex cinerea)

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tugtug, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tugtug, from Proto-Austronesian *CugCug.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuɡˈtoɡ/ [tuɡˈtoɡ]
• Hyphenation: tug‧tog

Noun

tugtóg (Kur-itan spelling ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜄ᜔)

1. knock (abrupt rapping sound)
2. music

   Synonyms: musika, ayug

Derived terms

• agtugtog
• patugtugan
• patugtugen

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• togtog — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tugtug, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tugtug (cf. Bikol Central tugtog and Ilocano tugtog), from Proto-Austronesian *CugCug.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuɡˈtoɡ/ [t̪ʊɡˈt̪oɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -oɡ
• Syllabification: tug‧tog

Noun

tugtóg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜄ᜔ᜆᜓᜄ᜔)

1. act of playing a musical instrument

   Synonym: pagtugtog

2. music or sound made by a musical instrument, audio device, etc.

   Synonyms: tugtugin, musika

3. act of ringing a bell
4. sound of a bell, clock, etc.

   Synonym: tunog

Derived terms

• itugtog
• magpatugtog
• magtugtugan
• manunugtog
• pagtugtog
• panugtog
• patugtugin
• talatugtugan
• tugtugan
• tugtugin
• tumugtog

Further reading

• “tugtog”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018