tigil-putukan

Tagalog

Etymology

From tigil +‎ putukan, a calque of English ceasefire.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˌtiɡil puˈtukan/ [ˌtiː.ɣɪl pʊˈtuː.xɐn]
• Rhymes: -ukan
• Syllabification: ti‧gil-pu‧tu‧kan

Noun

tigil-putukan (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜄᜒᜎ᜔ᜉᜓᜆᜓᜃᜈ᜔)

1. ceasefire; armistice

   Synonym: armistisyo

Further reading

• “tigil-putukan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018