Suluk

Malay

Etymology

Attested in 1807.[1] Possibly borrowed from Sama-Bajaw or nearby languages to refer to water current, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sələg (“flowing water, current”), unrelated to Malay arus and aliran. Compare Bikol Central sulog, Cebuano sulog, Maranao seleg, Tagalog silig and Tausug sūg, which is a contraction of earlier sulug.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA(key): /ˈsuluk/ [ˈsu.luʔ]
  • Rhymes: -uluk
  • Hyphenation: su‧luk

Proper noun

Suluk

  1. Tausug
    1. A person of Tausug ethnicity[3]
    2. Tausug language

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: Suluk (inherited)

See also

References

  1. ^ Hugh Low (June 1880) “Soolook”, in “SĔLĔSÎLAH (BOOK OF THE DESCENT) OF THE RAJAS OF BRUNI”, in Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, number 5, Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, page 34
  2. ^ Saleeby, Najeeb M. (1908) The History of Sulu‎[1], volume IV, Manila: Bureau of Public Printing, page 133
  3. ^ "Suluk" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

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