tulus

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tulus.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtulus/ [ˈt̪u.lʊs]
  • Rhymes: -ulus
  • Syllabification: tu‧lus

Adjective

tulus (comparative lebih tulus, superlative paling tulus)

  1. sincere
    Near-synonym: jujur
    perasaan tulus ― sincere feelings

Derived terms

Further reading

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *tulus, equivalent to tuli (“fire”) +‎ -us. Cognates include Finnish tulus and Estonian tulus.

Pronunciation

  • (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈtulus/, [ˈtuɫuz̠]
  • (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈtulus/, [ˈtuɫuʒ̥]
  • Rhymes: -ulus
  • Hyphenation: tu‧lus

Noun

tulus

  1. flintstone

Declension

Declension of tulus (type 2/petos, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative tulus tulukset
genitive tuluksen tuluksiin
partitive tulusta, tulust tuluksia
illative tuluksee tuluksii
inessive tuluksees tuluksiis
elative tuluksest tuluksist
allative tulukselle tuluksille
adessive tulukseel tuluksiil
ablative tulukselt tuluksilt
translative tulukseks tuluksiks
essive tuluksenna, tulukseen tuluksinna, tuluksiin
exessive1) tuluksent tuluksint
1) obsolete
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

References

  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 608

Malay

Adjective

tulus (Jawi spelling تولوس)

  1. sincere, honest
    Synonym: jujur
    tulus hati ― sincere
    tulus ikhlas ― sincere

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tulus

Further reading

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