tuntun

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʊn.tʊn/
• Rhymes: -tʊn
• Hyphenation: tún‧tún

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tuntun, from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun, “to guide, to lead”), from Old Javanese tuntun (“rope or string for leading”). Doublet of tonton.

Verb

túntún

1. to guide, to lead

Derived terms

• bertuntun
• dituntun
• menuntun
• penuntun
• tuntunan

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?]

Noun

túntún (first-person possessive tuntunku, second-person possessive tuntunmu, third-person possessive tuntunnya)

1. (dialect) blinker, blindfold

Derived terms

• bertuntun
• dituntun
• menuntun

 

Further reading

• “tuntun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

tuntun

1. Romanization of ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

Etymology

Reduplication of tön (“desire”) (compare to Old Javanese atun (“desiring, loving, attached”)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tun.tun/
• Rhymes: -tun
• Hyphenation: tun‧tun

Noun

tuntun

1. leading rope or string

Derived terms

• anuntun
• atuntun
• atuntunan
• panuntun
• tinuntun
• tumuntun
• tumuntunakĕn

 

• matuntunan taṅan
• silih tuntun

 

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun) (inherited)
  • → Malay: tuntun
    • > Indonesian: tuntun (inherited)

Further reading

• "tuntun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• titọn (SEY)
• tịtụn (Ekiti)

Etymology

From a partial reduplication of tun (“to be new”). See Itsekiri titọ́n, Olukumi títún, Ifè titɔ̃, Igala titọ. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *-tʊ̃, from Proto-Edekiri *-tʊ̃, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *-tʊ̃. Also see Ayere ɛntɔ

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tũ̄.tũ̄/

Noun

tuntun

1. someone or something that is new

Verb

tuntun

1. to be new

Adjective

tuntun

1. new

Derived terms

• ọbuntun (“maiden”)

Related terms

• gbó (“to be old”)