suntok sa buwan

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Tagalog[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Literally, “a punch to the moon”, first attested in the late 1970s.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sunˌtok sa buˈan/, [sʊnˌtok sɐ ˈbwan]
  • Hyphenation: sun‧tok sa bu‧wan

Noun[edit]

suntók sa buwán (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜈ᜔ᜆᜓᜃ᜔ ᜐ ᜊᜓᜏᜈ᜔)

  1. (idiomatic) act which expects no good outcome; seemingly impossible task
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