punong-katawan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• ponong catao-an — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• ponong catauan — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From puno +‎ -ng- +‎ katawan, literally “main (part) of the body”.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌpunoŋ kataˈwan/ [ˌpuː.n̪oŋ kɐ.t̪ɐˈwan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: pu‧nong-ka‧ta‧wan

Noun

punong-katawán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜈᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜆᜏᜈ᜔)

1. (euphemistic, obsolete) private parts; genitals

   Synonyms: ari, kaselanan, maselang bahagi

Related terms

• kabuoang-katawan

See also

• puke
• titi

 

Further reading

• “punong-katawan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier