buntutan
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
buntután (complete binuntutan, progressive binubuntutan, contemplative bubuntutan, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆᜈ᜔)
- to follow very closely; to stalk
- to provide with a tail (to a kite, dress, skirt, etc.)
- to add something to what someone said
- Synonym: dugtungan
- (automotive) to tailgate
Conjugation edit
Verb conjugation for buntutan (Class I) - um/an object verb
| Root word | buntot | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trigger | Affix | Aspect | ||||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| Actor | -um- | bumuntot | bumuntot | bumubuntot nabuntot2 |
bubuntot mabuntot2 |
kabubuntot1 kakabuntot |
| Object | -an | buntutan | binuntutan | binubuntutan inabuntutan2 |
bubuntutan abuntutan2 |
— |
| Locative | pag- -an | pagbuntutan | pinagbuntutan | pinapagbuntutan pinagbubuntutan |
papagbuntutan pagbubuntutan |
— |
| Benefactive | i- | ibuntot | ibinuntot | ibinubuntot | ibubuntot | — |
| Instrument | ipang- | ipambuntot | ipinambuntot | ipinapambuntot | ipapambuntot | — |
| Causative | ika- | ikabuntot | ikinabuntot | ikinabubuntot1 ikinakabuntot |
ikabubuntot1 ikakabuntot |
— |
| i-3 | ibuntot | ibinuntot | ibinubuntot | ibubuntot | — | |
| Measurement | i- | ibuntot | ibinuntot | ibinubuntot | ibubuntot | — |
| 1Used in formal contexts. 2Dialectal use only. 3Generally avoided unless the cause is emphasized. | ||||||
Indirect (pa-) verb forms
| Trigger | Affix | Aspect | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| Actor | magpa- | magpabuntot | nagpabuntot | nagpapabuntot | magpapabuntot | kapabubuntot1 kapapabuntot kapagpapabuntot kakapabuntot |
| Actor-secondary | pa- -in | pabuntutin | pinabuntot | pinabubuntot pinapabuntot |
pabubuntutin papabuntutin |
— |
| Object | pa- -an | pabuntutan | pinabuntutan | pinapabuntutan pinabubuntutan |
papabuntutan pabubuntutan |
— |
| Benefactive | ipagpa- | ipagpabuntot | ipinagpabuntot | ipinagpapabuntot1 ipinapagpabuntot |
ipagpapabuntot1 ipapagpabuntot |
— |
| Causative | ikapagpa- | ikapagpabuntot | ikinapagpabuntot | ikinapagpapabuntot1 ikinakapagpabuntot |
ikapagpapabuntot1 ikakapagpabuntot |
— |
| Locative | pagpa- -an | pagpabuntutan | pinagpabuntutan | pinagpapabubuntutan1 pinapagpabuntutan |
pagpapabubuntutan1 papagpabuntutan |
— |
| papag- -an | papagbuntutan | pinapagbuntutan | pinapapagbuntutan | papapagbuntutan | — | |
| 1Used in formal contexts. | ||||||
Ability/involuntary (maka-/ma-) verb forms
Social (maki-) verb forms
| Form | Affix | Aspect | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | ||
| Direct | maki- | makibuntot | nakibuntot | nakikibuntot | makikibuntot |
| Indirect | makipagpa- | makipagpabuntot | nakipagpabuntot | nakikipagpabuntot | makikipagpabuntot |