English Explanatory Dictionary

Tausug

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an ethnic group of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.
name
  1. A Visayan language (Malayo-Polynesian) spoken mainly in Sulu province in the Philippines, eastern Sabah in Malaysia and North Kalimantan in Indonesia.
adj
  1. Of or relating to this ethnic group or language.

Pronunciation

/taʊˈsuɡ/

Word forms

Tausug Tausugs more Tausug most Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Tausug Tausūg, from tau + sūg, literally "people of the current".

Synonyms

Joloano Suluk

Related words

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