tuldok

Tagalog

Alternative forms

toldoc — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography.

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tul(ə)dək (“mark made with fingertip”). Compare tudlik, tuldik, and Ilocano tuldek. See also Cebuano tudlok.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tulˈdok/ [tʊlˈdok]
Rhymes: -ok
Syllabification: tul‧dok

Noun

tuldók (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ᜔ᜇᜓᜃ᜔)

period; full stop (punctuation mark)
Synonym: punto
dot; point

Derived terms

magtuldok
tuldok-kuwit
tuldok-kuwitan
tuldok-tuldok
tuldok-tuldukan
tuldukan
tuldukan
tutuldok

Further reading

“tuldok”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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