tanod
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== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from Tagalog tanod.
=== Noun ===
tanod (plural tanods)
(Philippines) A low-level law enforcement officer.
== Cebuano ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tánud (“guard, sentinel; to stand guard”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtanod/ [ˈt̪a.n̪od̪]
Hyphenation: ta‧nod
=== Noun ===
tánod (Badlit spelling ᜆᜈᜓᜇ᜔)
a person that does policing and watchman duties under the barangay captain, either voluntarily or compensated, but are not members of the country's police force
a neighborhood watch
== Central Bikol ==
=== Etymology ===
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tánud (“guard, sentinel; to stand guard”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈtanod/ [ˈta.n̪od̪]
Hyphenation: ta‧nod
=== Noun ===
tánod (Basahan spelling ᜆᜈᜓᜇ᜔)
guard; sentinel
Synonyms: guwardiya, bantay
== Tagalog ==
=== Alternative forms ===
tanor — obsolete
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Philippine *tánud (“guard, sentinel; to stand guard”). Compare Kapampangan tanud, Central Bikol tanod, and Cebuano tanod.
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtanod/ [ˈt̪aː.n̪od̪̚]
Rhymes: -anod
Syllabification: ta‧nod
=== Noun ===
tanod (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜈᜓᜇ᜔)
guard; sentinel; watcher; watchman; warden
Synonyms: guwardiya, taliba, sentinela, bantay
tanod (lowest level of law enforcement officer in the barangay level in the Philippines)
act, turn, or time of guarding
Synonyms: pagguwardiya, pagtaliba, pagsentinela
==== Derived terms ====
==== Descendants ====
→ Spanish: tanor→ Chamorro: tanores
=== Further reading ===
“tanod”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
“tanod”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tánud”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
=== Anagrams ===
donat