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tuntun.

to guide, to lead

6 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈtʊn.tʊn/
  1. to guide, to lead

Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay tuntun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuntun (“instruction, guidance, help in getting started”). Doublet of tonton. Cognate with Kapampangan tuntun (“well organized”), Tagalog tonton (“skillful arrangement”), Old Javanese tuntun (“thread”), atuntun (“well arranged”), matuntun (“to lead”), and Toba Batak pantun (“polite; worthy of respect”).

noun/ˈtʊn.tʊn/
  1. blinker, blindfold

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Malay tuntun, compare with Minangkabau tuntun.

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