"tunay" meaning in Tagalog

See tunay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈtunaj/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈt̪uː.n̪aɪ̯] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔ [Baybayin], tonay [alternative]
Rhymes: -unaj Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai) or from Malay tunai, ultimately from Tamil துணை (tuṇai). Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*tunay}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay, {{cog|id|tunai}} Indonesian tunai, {{cog|ms|tunai}} Malay tunai, {{der|tl|ms|tunai}} Malay tunai, {{der|tl|ta|துணை}} Tamil துணை (tuṇai) Head templates: {{tl-adj|b=+}} tunay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔)
  1. true; real; genuine Synonyms: tibubos, totoo, talaga
    Sense id: en-tunay-tl-adj-I8L7Hb7u
  2. certain; reliable Synonyms: tiyak
    Sense id: en-tunay-tl-adj-tTMbjYqy Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 8 72 11 9 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 13 67 5 15 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 21 50 8 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 12 69 5 14
  3. right; correct Synonyms: tama, wasto, tumpak
    Sense id: en-tunay-tl-adj-1YXssUCj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: di-tunay, katunayan, magpatunay, mapatunayan, pagpapatunay, patunay, patunayan

Adverb

IPA: /ˈtunaj/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈt̪uː.n̪aɪ̯] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔ [Baybayin], tonay [alternative]
Rhymes: -unaj Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai) or from Malay tunai, ultimately from Tamil துணை (tuṇai). Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*tunay}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay, {{cog|id|tunai}} Indonesian tunai, {{cog|ms|tunai}} Malay tunai, {{der|tl|ms|tunai}} Malay tunai, {{der|tl|ta|துணை}} Tamil துணை (tuṇai) Head templates: {{tl-adv|b=+}} tunay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔)
  1. truly; really Synonyms: talaga, totoo
    Sense id: en-tunay-tl-adv-sZ49SgEW
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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "di-tunay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "katunayan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "magpatunay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "mapatunayan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "pagpapatunay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "patunay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "patunayan"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "tunai"
      },
      "expansion": "Indonesian tunai",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "tunai"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay tunai",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "tunai"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay tunai",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
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        "3": "துணை"
      },
      "expansion": "Tamil துணை (tuṇai)",
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai) or from Malay tunai, ultimately from Tamil துணை (tuṇai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonay",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
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      },
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "di-tunay"
        },
        {
          "word": "huwad"
        },
        {
          "word": "peke"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "true; real; genuine"
      ],
      "id": "en-tunay-tl-adj-I8L7Hb7u",
      "links": [
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ],
        [
          "real",
          "real"
        ],
        [
          "genuine",
          "genuine"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tibubos"
        },
        {
          "word": "totoo"
        },
        {
          "word": "talaga"
        }
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    },
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "13 67 5 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "21 50 8 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 69 5 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "certain; reliable"
      ],
      "id": "en-tunay-tl-adj-tTMbjYqy",
      "links": [
        [
          "certain",
          "certain"
        ],
        [
          "reliable",
          "reliable"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tiyak"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "right; correct"
      ],
      "id": "en-tunay-tl-adj-1YXssUCj",
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tama"
        },
        {
          "word": "wasto"
        },
        {
          "word": "tumpak"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtunaj/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪uː.n̪aɪ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-unaj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tunay"
}

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      "depth": 1,
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          "args": {
            "1": "pam",
            "2": "tune",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kapampangan: tune",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kapampangan: tune"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "poz-pro",
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
        "2": "tunai"
      },
      "expansion": "Indonesian tunai",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "tunai"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay tunai",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
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        "3": "tunai"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay tunai",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
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        "3": "துணை"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonay",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "tunay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-adv"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "tu‧nay"
  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_english_offsets": [
            [
              0,
              5
            ],
            [
              17,
              21
            ]
          ],
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Truly! or That's true!",
          "text": "Siyang tunay!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "truly; really"
      ],
      "id": "en-tunay-tl-adv-sZ49SgEW",
      "links": [
        [
          "truly",
          "truly"
        ],
        [
          "really",
          "really"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "talaga"
        },
        {
          "word": "totoo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtunaj/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪uː.n̪aɪ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-unaj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tunay"
}
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    "Tagalog adjectives",
    "Tagalog adverbs",
    "Tagalog entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tagalog lemmas",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Malay",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tagalog terms derived from Tamil",
    "Tagalog terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Tagalog terms with Baybayin script",
    "Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation",
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    {
      "word": "di-tunay"
    },
    {
      "word": "katunayan"
    },
    {
      "word": "magpatunay"
    },
    {
      "word": "mapatunayan"
    },
    {
      "word": "pagpapatunay"
    },
    {
      "word": "patunay"
    },
    {
      "word": "patunayan"
    }
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  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
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        "3": "*tunay"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "Indonesian tunai",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "1": "tl",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai) or from Malay tunai, ultimately from Tamil துணை (tuṇai).",
  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
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      },
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  ],
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  "pos": "adj",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "di-tunay"
        },
        {
          "word": "huwad"
        },
        {
          "word": "peke"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "true; real; genuine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "true",
          "true"
        ],
        [
          "real",
          "real"
        ],
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          "genuine",
          "genuine"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tibubos"
        },
        {
          "word": "totoo"
        },
        {
          "word": "talaga"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "certain; reliable"
      ],
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        [
          "certain",
          "certain"
        ],
        [
          "reliable",
          "reliable"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "tiyak"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "right; correct"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "right",
          "right"
        ],
        [
          "correct",
          "correct"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tama"
        },
        {
          "word": "wasto"
        },
        {
          "word": "tumpak"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtunaj/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪uː.n̪aɪ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-unaj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tunay"
}

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    "Tagalog adverbs",
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    "Tagalog lemmas",
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
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    }
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      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "id",
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "tunai"
      },
      "expansion": "Malay tunai",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
        "2": "ms",
        "3": "tunai"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tl",
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      },
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tunay (cf. Indonesian tunai, Malay tunai) or from Malay tunai, ultimately from Tamil துணை (tuṇai).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔",
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        "Baybayin"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "tonay",
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        "alternative"
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      },
      "expansion": "tunay (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜌ᜔)",
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    }
  ],
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    "tu‧nay"
  ],
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  "pos": "adv",
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        "Tagalog terms with usage examples"
      ],
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              0,
              5
            ],
            [
              17,
              21
            ]
          ],
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              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "Truly! or That's true!",
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        }
      ],
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        "truly; really"
      ],
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        [
          "truly",
          "truly"
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          "really",
          "really"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "talaga"
        },
        {
          "word": "totoo"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtunaj/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪uː.n̪aɪ̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-unaj"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tunay"
}

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