Tiwi

See also: tiwi

English

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Tiwi

  1. A Tiwian Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Bathurst and Melville Island, in the Northern Territory.
  2. A municipality of Albay, Philippines.

Further reading

  • Tiwi, Albay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Colin Yallop, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Andrew Deutsch, 1982, →ISBN.

Bikol Central

Proper noun

Tiwi

  1. a municipality of Albay, Philippines

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Bikol Central Tiwi, from earlier Tivi / Tigbi, from tigbi (“Coix lacryma-jobi”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tiˈwi/ [t̪ɪˈwɪ]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: Ti‧wi

Proper noun

Tiwí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜏᜒ)

  1. a municipality of Albay, Philippines

Tiwi

Proper noun

Tiwi

  1. a Tiwi person
  2. the Tiwi language
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