buntot

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buntut (“rear end of a chicken”). Compare Malay buntut.

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /bunˈtot/ [bʊnˈtot]
  • Rhymes: -ot
  • Syllabification: bun‧tot

Noun

buntót (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜆ᜔)

  1. tail (of an animal, etc.)
  2. act of tailing someone
    Synonyms: sunod, pagsunod-sunod
  3. posterior; rear; last part or end (of a long line, etc.)
    Synonyms: dulo, huli, hulihan
  4. (figurative) result; outcome
    Synonym: bunga
  5. train (of a dress, skirt, etc.)
  6. tail feather (of birds)

Derived terms
  • bubuntutan
  • bumuntot
  • bumuntot-buntot
  • buntot na punggi
  • buntot-buntutan
  • buntot-buwaya
  • buntot-kapon
  • buntot-leon
  • buntot-page
  • buntot-palos
  • buntot-pusa
  • buntot-tigre
  • buntutan
  • kabuntot
  • magbuntot
  • mamuntot
  • pabuntot
  • pambuntot

Further reading
  • “buntot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*buntut”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
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