tanong

See also: Tañong

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tenung (“fortune-telling”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /taˈnoŋ/, [tɐˈnoŋ]
Hyphenation: ta‧nong

Noun

tanóng (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈᜓᜅ᜔)

question (something being asked about)
Synonym: katanungan
question; problem (in a test or examination)
act of asking (a question)
Synonym: pagtatanong
act of inquiring (about something)
Synonyms: usisa, pag-uusisa

Derived terms

ipatanong
itanong
katanungan
magpatanong
magtanong
magtanong-tanong
matanong
pagtatanong
pagtatanungin
palatanong
palatanungan
pananong
patanong
tagapagtanong
tagatanong
tandang pananong
tanungan
tanungin
tumanong

Further reading

“tanong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “tell: divine, find by divination, tell fortunes”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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