Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An Austronesian language spoken in the Sulu Archipelago.
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- proper noun A
Visayan language (Malayo-Polynesian) spoken mainly in Sulu province in thePhilippines .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The group's commanders are called Awliyah, a word in the local Tausug dialect that pertains to religious leaders believed by their followers to possess supernatural powers, officials said.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Maguindanao, Tausug, Yakan, Iranun and other Muslim cultural groups in the Philippines.
MindaNews Feeds 2009
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It comes from two words: "Ampa," which is also Pah in Tausug dialect, is a Malay term for uncle, and "Tuan" means sir.
Latest News 2009
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Among other tribes, it features Haji Massil, the deputy mayor for the Tausug tribe in Davao, saying in Tausug that rice is plentiful in the city.
Davao Today 2009
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The incumbent mayor of the Datu Saudi Ampatuan municipality is his son Datu Shamron Ampatuan, who got married recently to a Tausug lawyer from Sulu.
Latest News 2009
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They asked me questions in their limited English and I answered in my broken Taglish / Tausug.
unknown title 2009
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Among other tribes, it features Haji Massil, the deputy mayor for the Tausug tribe in Davao, saying in Tausug that rice is plentiful in the city.
Davao Today 2009
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Maguindanao, Tausug, Yakan, Iranun and other Muslim cultural groups in the Philippines.
MindaNews Feeds 2009
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It comes from two words: "Ampa," which is also Pah in Tausug dialect, is a Malay term for uncle, and "Tuan" means sir.
Latest News 2009
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You should be able to find true love, as many, including surely many of your parents did, never mind if one is Tagalog and the other Tausug, or one is Cebuano and the other Ilonggo, one is Christian, the other Moslem, whether once born in Pampanga and now living in Cagayan de Oro.
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