tuntong

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tungtong

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *tuŋtuŋ (“stand-on; layer-over”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuŋtuŋ (“peak, top”). Compare Bikol Central tungtong, Cebuano tungtong, and Balinese tungtung. Doublet of tuktok.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tunˈtoŋ/ [t̪ʊn̪ˈt̪oŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: tun‧tong

Noun

tuntóng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜅ᜔)

1. stepping; treading (on something)

   Synonyms: apak, pag-apak, yapak, pagyapak, tapak, pagtapak

2. footprint

   Synonyms: apak, yapak, tapak

3. setting of one's feet (especially on a new land or territory)
4. (figurative) reaching on a certain year (as of one's age)
5. pot cover

   Synonyms: saklob, panakip

Derived terms

• ituntong
• magtuntungan
• nakatuntong sa numero
• pagtuntong
• patuntungan
• tumuntong
• tuntungan

 

See also

• patong

 

Further reading

• “tuntong”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “tuntong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tuŋtuŋ₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI