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tuntun

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtʊn.tʊn/
  • Rhymes: -tʊn
  • Hyphenation: tun‧tun

Etymology 1

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Inherited from Malay tuntun, from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun, “to guide, to lead”), from Old Javanese tuntun (“rope or string for leading”).

Verb

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tuntun

  1. to guide, to lead
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?]

Noun

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tuntun (first-person possessive tuntunku, second-person possessive tuntunmu, third-person possessive tuntunnya)

  1. (dialect) blinker, blindfold
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Further reading

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Javanese

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Romanization

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tuntun

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀

Old Javanese

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Etymology

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Reduplication of tön (“desire”) (compare to Old Javanese atun (“desiring, loving, attached”)).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /tun.tun/
  • Rhymes: -tun
  • Hyphenation: tun‧tun

Noun

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tuntun

  1. leading rope or string

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • > Javanese: ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun) (inherited)
    • → Malay: tuntun
      • > Indonesian: tuntun (inherited)

Further reading

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  • "tuntun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Yoruba

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From a partial reduplication of tun (“to be new”). See Itsekiri titọ́n, Olukumi títún, Ifè titɔ̃, Igala titọ. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *-tʊ̃, from Proto-Edekiri *-tʊ̃, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *-tʊ̃. Also see Ayere ɛntɔ

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tuntun

  1. someone or something that is new

Verb

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tuntun

  1. to be new

Adjective

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tuntun

  1. new

Derived terms

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  • gbó (“to be old”)
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