"tungo" meaning in Tagalog

See tungo in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /tuˈŋo/ [Standard-Tagalog], [t̪ʊˈŋo] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: tungó [canonical], ᜆᜓᜅᜓ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -o Head templates: {{tl-adj|tungó|b=+}} tungó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅᜓ)
  1. with or having the head bowed or bent forward Synonyms: nakatungo
    Sense id: en-tungo-tl-adj-KInOdvQA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈtuŋo/, [ˈt̪uː.ŋo], /ˈtuŋoʔ/, [ˈt̪uː.ŋoʔ] Forms: ᜆᜓᜅᜓ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -uŋo Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} tungo (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅᜓ)
  1. act of going or leaving towards a certain destination Synonyms: punta, pagpunta, tumpa, pagtumpa
    Sense id: en-tungo-tl-noun-0CmkjUFc
  2. direction (of the wind, etc.)
    Sense id: en-tungo-tl-noun-JGANezIU
  3. (colloquial) aim; purpose; objective Tags: colloquial Synonyms: layon, layunin
    Sense id: en-tungo-tl-noun-v~UOvdFg Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 10 9 7 26 3 32 8 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 5 4 29 2 45 5 3 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 14 21 2 37 10 15 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 7 17 2 58 8 8 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 16 16 5 29 17 17 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 31 10 58 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 7 20 2 56 8 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: magtungo, pagtungo, tumungo, makitungo, pakikitungo, pakitunguhan, patungo, patunguhan, patunguhin, patutunguhan, tunguhin

Noun

IPA: /tuˈŋo/ [Standard-Tagalog], [t̪ʊˈŋo] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: tungó [canonical], ᜆᜓᜅᜓ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -o Head templates: {{tl-noun|tungó|b=+}} tungó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜅᜓ)
  1. act of lowering or bending the head forward Synonyms: pagtungo, ub-ob [Batangas]
    Sense id: en-tungo-tl-noun-pQvvaxQp
  2. bent or bowed head (as in shame, defeat, etc.) Synonyms: ub-ob
    Sense id: en-tungo-tl-noun-w3ZXuKqh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: magtungo, pagtungo, tumungo, itungo, maitungo, mapatungo, matungo, nakatungo, panunghan, tunghan
Etymology number: 2
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    {
      "rhymes": "-o"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-08-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-08-02 using wiktextract (99a4ed9 and 3c020d2). 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.