Borrowed fromTausugTausūg, fromtau +sūg, literally "people of the current".
Tausug (pluralTausugs)
- A member of anethnic group of thePhilippines,Malaysia andIndonesia.
Tausug
- AVisayan language (Malayo-Polynesian) spoken mainly inSulu province in thePhilippines, eastern Sabah inMalaysia and North Kalimantan inIndonesia.
Tausug (comparativemoreTausug,superlativemostTausug)
- Of or relating to this ethnic group or language.
Borrowed fromTausugTausūg, fromtausūg(literally“people of the current”).
Tausúg (Baybayin spellingᜆᜂᜐᜓᜄ᜔)
- Tausug(ethnic group)
- Tausug(language)
- While also commonly used to refer to the language, the Tausug actually use the term strictly to the people and instead useTausugBahasa Sūg orSinūg for the language.
- “Tausug”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
