tantan

See also: tántán and Tantan

Finnish

Noun

tantan

  1. genitive singular of tantta

Japanese

Romanization

tantan

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たんたん

Quechua

Verb

tantan

  1. third-person singular present indicative of tantay

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tantan (“slow down; immobilize; lose interest in doing something”). Compare Ilocano tantan (“unnecessary delay”), Pangasinan tantan (“slow down; calm down”), and Cebuano tantan (“pay debt partially”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tanˈtan/, [tɐnˈtan]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧tan

Noun

tantán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈ᜔ᜆᜈ᜔)

  1. cessation (as of someone's continuous chattering, etc.)
    Synonyms: tigil, pagtigil, hinto, paghinto, likat, paglikat

Derived terms
  • pagtantan
  • tantanan
  • tumantan

Further reading
  • “tantan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Vietnamese
Chemical element
Ta
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Etymology

Ultimately from New Latin tantalum, with the suffix -um removed as with most chemical elements.

Pronunciation

Noun

tantan

  1. tantalum
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