Tagalog

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Further reading

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  • buntot”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*buntut”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI