katungkulan

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• catongcolan, catungcolan — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• katunkulan — obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Philippine *tuŋkul

Tagalog tungkol

Proto-Austronesian *ka- -an

Tagalog ka- -an

Tagalog katungkulan

From tungkol + ka- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /katuŋˈkulan/ [kɐ.t̪ʊŋˈkuː.lɐn̪] (“duty; occupation; office”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -ulan
  • IPA^(key): /katuŋkuˈlan/ [kɐ.t̪ʊŋ.kʊˈlan̪] (“specific purpose; use”, noun)
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ka‧tung‧ku‧lan

Noun

katungkulan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. duty; obligation; responsibility

   Synonyms: tungkulin, sagutin, pananagutan, obligasyon, responsabilidad

2. occupation; position; profession

   Synonyms: trabaho, gawain, opisyo, hanapbuhay, empleo

3. office (especially a public one)

   Synonym: tungkulin

Related terms

• katungkulin

Noun

katungkulán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜈ᜔)

1. specific purpose or aim
2. (colloquial) use

   Synonyms: gamit, kagamitan

Further reading

• “katungkulan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag., page 642: “478”

Anagrams

• kalungkutan