puluntal

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• polontal — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Early borrowing from Spanish frontal, from Medieval Latin frontālis (“frontal”), from Latin frōns.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pulunˈtal/ [pʊ.lʊn̪ˈt̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: pu‧lun‧tal

Noun

puluntál (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜎ᜔) (Christianity, ecclesiastical, obsolete)

1. altar frontal; antependium

Derived terms

• ipagpuluntal
• magpuluntal
• puluntalan

 

References

• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 325: “Frontal) Polontal (pc) C. del altar”