Tuy

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tuy"

English

Proper noun

Tuy

  1. A municipality of Batangas, Philippines.

Amis

Proper noun

Tuy

  1. a male given name

Usage notes

  • Amis personal name is composed of: given name + parent's name (chiefly mother's name) or given name + parent's name + clan's name. The former is used by the subgroup distributed in the northern part of Taiwan, while the latter is used by the subgroup distributed in the southern part of Taiwan, such as Coastal, Malan, Hengchun, etc., where there is a clan society.

References

  • Center for aboriginal studies (2014) “Tuy”, in 原住民族人名譜 [Dictionary of Aboriginal Names in Taiwan]‎[1] (in Chinese), Taipei: Council of Indigenous Peoples

Tagalog

Etymology

Named after Galician Tui, a town in Pontevedra province, Galicia, Spain.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈi/ [ˈt̪wɪ]
  • Rhymes: -i
  • Syllabification: Tu‧y

Proper noun

Tuý (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜏᜒ)

  1. Tuy (a municipality of Batangas, Philippines)