# tuntun
## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtʊn.tʊn/
* Rhymes: -tʊn
* Hyphenation: tún‧tún

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tuntun, from Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun, “to guide, to lead”), from Old Javanese tuntun (“rope or string for leading”), probably derived from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ʔðun. Doublet of tonton.

#### Verb

túntún
* to guide, to lead

##### Derived terms

* bertuntun
* dituntun
* menuntun
* penuntun
* tuntunan

### Etymology 2

From Malay tuntun, compare with Minangkabau tuntun.

#### Noun

túntún (plural tuntun-tuntun)
* (dialect) blinker, blindfold

##### Derived terms

* bertuntun
* dituntun
* menuntun

### Further reading

* “tuntun” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Javanese
### Romanization

tuntun
* Romanization of ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀

## Malay
### Etymology 1

From Javanese ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun, “to guide, to lead”), from Old Javanese tuntun (“rope or string for leading”). Doublet of tonton. See also Tagalog tuntón (“following a path”).

#### Verb

tuntun (Jawi spelling تونتون)
* to guide, to lead by holding one's hand, with a rope etc.
    Synonym: pimpin
** to charm, to make someone attracted to them romantically
    Synonym: pikat
* to drag along (beasts of burden, bicycles)
    Synonyms: heret, hela
* to flock (as a crowd) to somewhere
    Synonyms: kerumun, hurung, ramai

##### Derived terms

Regular affixed derivations:
* menuntun [agent focus] (meN-)
* bertuntun [stative / habitual] (beR-)
* tuntunan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
* dituntun [patient focus] (di-)
* penuntun [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:
* tonton

### Etymology 2

Compare with Minangkabau tuntun.

#### Noun

tuntun (Jawi spelling تونتون, plural tuntun-tuntun, informal 1st possessive tuntunku, 2nd possessive tuntunmu, 3rd possessive tuntunnya)
* (dialect) blinker, blindfold

#### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تونتون toentoen”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 88
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تونتون tuntun”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, pages 191-2
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tuntun”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 618

### Further reading

* “tuntun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Old Javanese
### Etymology

Reduplication of tön (“desire”) (compare to Old Javanese atun (“desiring, loving, attached”)).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tun.tun/
* Rhymes: -tun
* Hyphenation: tun‧tun

### Noun

tuntun
* leading rope or string

#### Derived terms

* anuntun
* atuntun
* atuntunan
* panuntun
* tinuntun
* tumuntun
* tumuntunakĕn
* matuntunan taṅan
* silih tuntun

#### Descendants

* > Javanese: ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ꦠꦸꦤ꧀ (tuntun) (inherited)
** → Malay: tuntun
*** > Indonesian: tuntun (inherited)

### Further reading

* "tuntun" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

## Yoruba
### Alternative forms

* titọn (SEY)
* tịtụn (Ekiti)

### Etymology

From a partial reduplication of tun (“to be new”). See Itsekiri titọ́n, Olukumi títún, Ifè titɔ̃, Igala titọ. Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *-tʊ̃, from Proto-Edekiri *-tʊ̃, ultimately from Proto-Yoruboid *-tʊ̃. Also see Ayere ɛntɔ

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tũ̄.tũ̄/

### Noun

tuntun
* someone or something that is new

### Verb

tuntun
* to be new

### Adjective

tuntun
* new

#### Derived terms

* ọbuntun (“maiden”)

#### Related terms

* gbó (“to be old”)