Tausug

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

• IPA^(key): /taʊˈsuɡ/

Tausug (plural Tausugs)

1. A member of an ethnic group of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Tausug

1. A Visayan language (Malayo-Polynesian) spoken mainly in Sulu province in the Philippines, eastern Sabah in Malaysia and North Kalimantan in Indonesia.

Tausug (comparative more Tausug, superlative most Tausug)

1. Of or relating to this ethnic group or language.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Tausug terms
• Wikipedia article on Tausug

• Ethnologue entry for Tausug, tsg ⁠

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Borrowed from Tausug Tausūg, from tau sūg (literally “people of the current”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taʔuˈsuɡ/ [t̪ɐ.ʔʊˈsuɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -uɡ
• Syllabification: Ta‧u‧sug

Tausúg (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)

1. Tausug (ethnic group)
2. Tausug (language)

   Synonym: Bahasa Sug

• While also commonly used to refer to the language, the Tausug actually use the term strictly to the people and instead use Tausug Bahasa Sūg or Sinūg for the language.

• “Tausug”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018