tao-tao
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Reduplication of tao. The word does not exist in older dictionaries and may have been a recent coinage patterned from other Philippine languages, which were derived from Proto-Philippine *tau-tau (“pupil (eye)”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau Cau (“pupil of the eye”), reduplication of *Cau (“person”). Compare Tagalog balintataw, Ilocano tao-tao, Bikol Central alintataw / tatawo, Cebuano tawo-tawo, and Tausug tau-tau mata.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tao-tao (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜆᜂ)
- (anatomy) pupil (of the eye)
- Synonyms: balintataw, inla, alikmata
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “tao-tao” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021