tulis

See also: tulíš and tʼulis

Cebuano

Etymology

Etymology tree

Tagalog tulisanbor.

Cebuano tulisanbf.

Cebuano tulis

Back-formation from tulisan, borrowed from Tagalog tulisan. By surface analysis, tulis + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtulis/ [ˈt̪uː.l̪ɪs̪]
• Hyphenation: tu‧lis

Verb

tulis (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. to stick up; to rob at gunpoint or knifepoint

Noun

tulis (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. robbery

Derived terms

• manunulis
• panulis
• tulisan
• tulisanes
• tulisit

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tulis/

Verb

tulis

1. to write

Derived terms

• ditulis
• nulis
• petulis

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tulis.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtulis/ [ˈt̪u.lɪs]

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• Rhymes: -ulis
• Syllabification: tu‧lis

Verb

tulis (active menulis, passive ditulis)

1. (ambitransitive) to write

   Synonyms: catat, surat

Derived terms

• bertulis (“having a writing, written”)
• bertulisan (“to be read, read; to have the writing of; having a writing, written”)
• bertuliskan (“to be read, read; to have the writing of”)
• kepenulisan (“writership”)
• menulis (“to write”)
• menulisi (“to write on; to write (repeatedly)”)
• menuliskan (“to write down; to write (for)”)
• penulis (“writer”)
• penulisan (“writing, the act of writing”)
• pertulisan (“writing, related to writing; inscription”)
• tertulis (“to be written”)
• tulis-menulis (“writing, related to writing”)
• tulisan (“writing, something that is written”)

Further reading

• “tulis”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtʊlʲɪs]
• Rhymes: -ʊlʲɪs
• Syllabification: tù‧lis

Noun

tulis m

1. thulium

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Southern Peninsular Malaysia Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtules/ [ˈt̪u.les]
• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /ˈtulis/ [ˈt̪u.lis]
• Rhymes: -ules, -les, -es
• Rhymes: -is

Verb

tulis (Jawi spelling توليس)

1. to write (to form letters, etc.)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penulis [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• penulisan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• tulisan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• tuliskan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
• menulis [agent focus] (meN-)
• menuliskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• menulisi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• ditulis [patient focus] (di-)
• dituliskan [patient focus + causative benefactive] (di- + -kan)
• ditulisi [patient focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (di- + -i)
• tertulis [agentless action] (teR-)
• bertulis [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tulis

Further reading

• "tulis" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "tulis" at PRPM first version)

Old Javanese

Etymology

Cognate of Malay tulis. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.lɪs/
• Rhymes: -lɪs
• Hyphenation: tu‧lis

Noun

tulis

1. writing
2. book
3. letter
4. painting, drawing

Derived terms

• anulis
• atulis
• matulis
• panulis
• panulisan
• tinulis
• tinulisakĕn
• tinulisan
• tumulis

• pasusur tulis

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦠꦸꦭꦶꦱ꧀ (tulis)

Further reading

• "tulis" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Tagalog

Etymology

Compare talas and tilos.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtulis/ [ˈt̪uː.lɪs] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ulis
  • IPA^(key): /tuˈlis/ [t̪ʊˈlɪs] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: tu‧lis

Noun

tulis (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. sharpness (of a point)
2. sharp end or point (of something tapering)

   Synonym: tilos

3. (figurative) sharpness; severity (of one's words or language)

Derived terms

• katulisan
• magtulis
• magtulisan
• manulisan
• matulis
• pagkamatulis
• panunulisan
• patulisin
• tulisan
• tulisanin
• tulisang-dagat
• tumulis
• walang-tulis

Adjective

tulís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. pointed; with a tapering, pointy end

Derived terms

• patulis
• tulis-tulis

See also

• anggular
• hubog-kandila

Further reading

• “tulis”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• sutil, Sulit, sulit

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tulis.

Verb

tulis

1. to write

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay tulis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈlis/

Verb

tulis

1. (transitive) to write

Conjugation

Conjugation of tulis

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totulis	fotulis	mitulis
2nd person		notulis	nitulis
3rd person	masculine	otulis	itulis yotulis (archaic)
	feminine	motulis
	neuter	itulis

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Etymology

From Malay tulis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪u.l̪is̪/

Verb

tulis

1. (transitive) to write

   imu itulis mene? ― who wrote this?

Conjugation

Conjugation of tulis (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		totulis	motulis	atulis
2nd person		notulis	fotulis
3rd person	inanimate	itulis	dotulis
	animate
imperative		nutulis, tulis	futulis, tulis

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics