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Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʊn.tʊn/
- Rhymes: -tʊn
- Hyphenation: tun‧tun
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay tuntun, from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun, “to guide, to lead”), from Old Javanese tuntun (“rope or string for leading”).
Verb
tuntun
- to guide, to lead
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Minangkabau
Noun
tuntun (first-person possessive tuntunku, second-person possessive tuntunmu, third-person possessive tuntunnya)
- (dialect) blinker, blindfold
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
tuntun
- 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
- leading rope or string
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "tuntun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Yoruba
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
Noun
tuntun
- someone or something that is new
Verb
tuntun
- to be new
Adjective
tuntun
- new
Derived terms