tulis

See also: tulíš and tʼulis

Cebuano

Etymology

Back-formation from tulisan, from Tagalog tulisan.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtulis/ [ˈt̪u.l̪ɪs̪]
  • Hyphenation: tu‧lis

Verb

tulis (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. to stick up; to rob at gunpoint or knifepoint

Noun

tulis (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. robbery

Derived terms

Iban

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tulis/

Verb

tulis

  1. to write

Derived terms

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tulis.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtulis/ [ˈt̪u.lɪs]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ulis
  • Syllabification: tu‧lis

Verb

tulis (active menulis, passive ditulis)

  1. (ambitransitive) to write

Derived terms

  • bertulis (having a writing, written)
  • bertulisan (to be read, read; to have the writing of; having a writing, written)
  • bertuliskan (to be read, read; to have the writing of)
  • kepenulisan (writership)
  • menulis (to write)
  • menulisi (to write on; to write (repeatedly))
  • menuliskan (to write down; to write (for))
  • penulis (writer)
  • penulisan (writing, the act of writing)
  • pertulisan (writing, related to writing; inscription)
  • tertulis (to be written)
  • tulis-menulis (writing, related to writing)
  • tulisan (writing, something that is written)

Further reading

Lithuanian

Noun

tulis m

  1. thulium

Malay

Etymology

Unknown. Possibly cognates with Tagalog tulis. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /ˈtuləs/ [ˈt̪u.ləs]
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /ˈtulɪs/ [ˈt̪u.lɪs]
  • Rhymes: -ules, -les, -es
  • Rhymes: -is

Verb

tulis (Jawi spelling توليس)

  1. to write (to form letters, etc.)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tulis

Further reading

Old Javanese

Noun

tulis

  1. book, letter, drawing

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare talas and tilos.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈtulis/ [ˈt̪uː.lɪs] (noun)
      • Rhymes: -ulis
    • IPA(key): /tuˈlis/ [t̪ʊˈlɪs] (adjective)
      • Rhymes: -is
  • Syllabification: tu‧lis

Noun

tulis (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. sharpness (of a point)
  2. sharp end or point (of something tapering)
    Synonym: tilos
  3. (figurative) sharpness; severity (of one's words or language)

Derived terms

  • katulisan
  • magtulis
  • magtulisan
  • manulisan
  • matulis
  • pagkamatulis
  • panunulisan
  • patulisin
  • tulisan
  • tulisanin
  • tulisang-dagat
  • tumulis
  • walang-tulis

Adjective

tulís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

  1. pointed; with a tapering, pointy end

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • tulis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tulis.

Verb

tulis

  1. to write

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay tulis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tuˈlis/

Verb

tulis

  1. (transitive) to write

Conjugation

Conjugation of tulis
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person totulis fotulis mitulis
2nd person notulis nitulis
3rd
person
masculine otulis itulis
yotulis (archaic)
feminine motulis
neuter itulis

References

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay tulis.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪u.l̪is̪/

Verb

tulis

  1. (transitive) to write
    imu itulis mene?who wrote this?

Conjugation

Conjugation of tulis (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person totulis motulis atulis
2nd person notulis fotulis
3rd person inanimate itulis dotulis
animate
imperative nutulis, tulis futulis, tulis

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics