"temuna" meaning in Tagalog

See temuna in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /ˌteˈmuna/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˌt̪ɛːˈmuː.n̪ɐ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: témúna [canonical], ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜈ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -una Etymology: From univerbation of hintay (“wait”) + muna (“first”) with monophthongization. Etymology templates: {{univ|tl|hintay<t:wait>|muna<t:first>|nocap=1}} univerbation of hintay (“wait”) + muna (“first”) Head templates: {{tl-head|interjection|témúna|b=+}} témúna (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜈ), {{tlb|tl|colloquial}} (colloquial)
  1. wait a moment!; hold on for a while! Tags: colloquial Synonyms: hintay, teka, saglit, sandali
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "hintay<t:wait>",
        "3": "muna<t:first>",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "univerbation of hintay (“wait”) + muna (“first”)",
      "name": "univ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From univerbation of hintay (“wait”) + muna (“first”) with monophthongization.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "témúna",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜈ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "témúna",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "témúna (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜈ)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "colloquial"
      },
      "expansion": "(colloquial)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "te‧mu‧na"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "te‧mu‧na"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog univerbations",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wait a moment!; hold on for a while!"
      ],
      "id": "en-temuna-tl-intj-6yk8ArB2",
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "moment",
          "moment"
        ],
        [
          "hold on",
          "hold on"
        ],
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hintay"
        },
        {
          "word": "teka"
        },
        {
          "word": "saglit"
        },
        {
          "word": "sandali"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌteˈmuna/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌt̪ɛːˈmuː.n̪ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-una"
    }
  ],
  "word": "temuna"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "hintay<t:wait>",
        "3": "muna<t:first>",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "univerbation of hintay (“wait”) + muna (“first”)",
      "name": "univ"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From univerbation of hintay (“wait”) + muna (“first”) with monophthongization.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "témúna",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜈ",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "interjection",
        "2": "témúna",
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "témúna (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜋᜓᜈ)",
      "name": "tl-head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "colloquial"
      },
      "expansion": "(colloquial)",
      "name": "tlb"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "te‧mu‧na"
  ],
  "hyphenations": [
    {
      "parts": [
        "te‧mu‧na"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/una",
        "Rhymes:Tagalog/una/3 syllables",
        "Tagalog 3-syllable words",
        "Tagalog colloquialisms",
        "Tagalog compound terms",
        "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
        "Tagalog interjections",
        "Tagalog lemmas",
        "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
        "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
        "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
        "Tagalog univerbations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wait a moment!; hold on for a while!"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wait",
          "wait"
        ],
        [
          "moment",
          "moment"
        ],
        [
          "hold on",
          "hold on"
        ],
        [
          "while",
          "while"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hintay"
        },
        {
          "word": "teka"
        },
        {
          "word": "saglit"
        },
        {
          "word": "sandali"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌteˈmuna/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˌt̪ɛːˈmuː.n̪ɐ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-una"
    }
  ],
  "word": "temuna"
}

Download raw JSONL data for temuna meaning in Tagalog (1.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.