pantalan

See also: pantalán

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare Cebuano pantawan and pantaw.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /pantaˈlan/ [pɐn̪.t̪aˈl̪an̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: pan‧ta‧lan

Noun

pantalán (Badlit spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜎᜈ᜔)

1. port; wharf; pier; quay

   Synonym: dunggoanan

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pantalan.

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pantaˈlan/ [pan̪.taˈl̪an̪]
• Hyphenation: pan‧ta‧lan

Noun

pantalán (Basahan spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜎᜈ᜔)

1. dock, wharf
2. pier

   Synonyms: piyer, puwerto

Chavacano

Etymology

Borrowed from Hiligaynon pantalan (“wharf”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pantaˈlan/ [pan.ta.ˈlan]

• Hyphenation: pan‧ta‧lan

Noun

pantalan

1. wharf; pier; dock

Maranao

Noun

pantalan

1. wharf, dock, pier

References

• Howard P. McKaughan, Batua A. Macaraya (1967), A Maranao Dictionary‎^[1] (overall work in Maranao and English), University of Hawaii Press

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pa(n)tar (“shelf; bed frame of wooden or bamboo laths”) via Malay. Compare Central Bikol pantalan, Cebuano pantalan, and Toba Batak pantar. See also Brunei Malay pantaran (“unroofed veranda at front of the house”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /pantaˈlan/ [pɐn̪.t̪ɐˈlan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: pan‧ta‧lan

Noun

pantalán (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜈ᜔ᜆᜎᜈ᜔)

1. wooden or bamboo pier; wharf; dock; quay

   Synonyms: duongan, daungan, piyer, embarkadero, muwelye

Descendants

• → Chamorro: påntålån
• → Spanish: pantalán

See also

• bantilan
• bunsaran
• dalahikan

Further reading

• “pantalan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “pantalan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “dock, pier, wharf”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972), Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 439