tungkulin

Tagalog

Etymology

From tungkol +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /tuŋˈkulin/ [t̪ʊŋˈkuː.lɪn̪] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ulin
  • IPA^(key): /tuŋkuˈlin/ [t̪ʊŋ.kʊˈlin̪] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -in
• Syllabification: tung‧ku‧lin

Noun

tungkulin (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. duty; responsibility; obligation

   Synonyms: pananagutan, sagutin

2. job; work

   Synonyms: trabaho, gawain, gawa

3. position; appointment (in an office)

   Synonym: katungkulan

Derived terms

• tawag ng tungkulin

Verb

tungkulín (complete tinungkol, progressive tinutungkol, contemplative tutungkulin, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔)

1. to attend to (of a duty or responsibility)

   Synonyms: trabahuhin, tuparin, gawin

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for tungkulin

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-in ᜒᜈ᜔	tungkol ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎ᜔		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
tungkulin ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔	tinungkol ᜆᜒᜈᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎ᜔	tinutungkol ᜆᜒᜈᜓᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎ᜔ inatungkol1 ᜁᜈᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎ᜔	tutungkulin ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔ atungkulin1 ᜀᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔	tungkulin ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜈ᜔ tungkol1 ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎ᜔ tungkula1 ᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎ
1 Dialectal use only.