tunaw

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• tonaw

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *túnaw, with root *-naw₂ (“melt, liquefy”). Cognate with Ilocano, Cebuano & Tagalog tunaw; Maranao tonaw, and Sangir matuno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunaw/ [ˈtu.n̪aʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: tu‧naw

Adjective

túnaw (plural turunaw, Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜏ᜔)

1. melted, thawed, dissolved

Derived terms

• magtunaw
• makatunaw
• matunaw
• patunaw
• tunawon

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *túnaw, with root *-naw₂ (“melt, liquefy”). Cognate with Bikol Central, Ilocano & Tagalog tunaw; Maranao tonaw, and Sangir matuno.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tu‧naw
• IPA^(key): /ˈtunaw/ [ˈt̪u.n̪ɐʊ̯]

Verb

tunaw

1. to melt; to liquefy
2. to dissolve

Ilocano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tunaw, with root *-naw₂ (“melt, liquefy”). Cognate with Bikol Central, Cebuano & Tagalog tunaw; Maranao tonaw and Sangir matuno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtunaw/ [ˈtu.naʊ̯]
• Hyphenation: tu‧naw

Noun

tunaw

1. act of melting

Derived terms

• matunaw
• tunawen

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• tonao, tunao — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *túnaw, with root *-naw (“melt, liquefy”). Cognates with Bikol Central, Cebuano, Ilocano tunaw; Maranao tonaw, and Sangir matuno.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /tuˈnaw/ [t̪ʊˈn̪aʊ̯] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -aw
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtunaw/ [ˈt̪uː.n̪aʊ̯] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -unaw
• Syllabification: tu‧naw

Adjective

tunáw (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜏ᜔)

1. melted; liquefied

   Synonyms: lusaw, tignas, tugnas, lapunaw

2. dissolved; digested (of food in the stomach)
3. (astronomy, obsolete) fully waned; in conjunction with the Sun (of the moon)

   Synonym: pingas

Derived terms

• buwang patunaw
• patunaw
• tunaw na buwan

Noun

tunaw (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜈᜏ᜔)

1. act of melting or liquefying

   Synonyms: lusaw, pagtunaw, pagtutunaw

2. liquefaction; liquefying

   Synonyms: pagkatunaw, pagkalusaw

3. digestion (of food in the stomach)
4. (astronomy, obsolete) waning of the moon

Derived terms

• di-matunaw
• di-matutunaw
• magpatunaw
• magtunaw
• makatunaw
• matunaw
• nakatutunaw
• pagkatunaw
• pagtunaw
• pagtutunaw
• pampatunaw
• pantunaw
• panunaw
• patunawin
• tumunaw
• tunawin

Related terms

• gunaw
• lapunaw
• lunaw

Further reading

• “tunaw”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “tunaw”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*túnaw”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI