tulisan

English

Noun

tulisan (plural tulisans)

1. (Philippines) A robber or bandit.

Cebuano

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog tulisan. By surface analysis, tulis + -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuliˈsan/ [t̪u.l̪iˈs̪an̪]
• Hyphenation: tu‧li‧san

Noun

tulisán (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐᜈ᜔)

1. mugger
2. bandit

   Synonym: bandido

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog tulisan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuliˈsan/ [tu.l̪iˈsan̪]
• Hyphenation: tu‧li‧san

Noun

tulisán (Basahan spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐᜈ᜔)

1. bandit

   Synonyms: bandido, parasalakat

Ilocano

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog tulisan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuliˈsan/ [tu.liˈsan]
• Hyphenation: tu‧li‧san

Noun

tulisán (Kur-itan spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐᜈ᜔)

1. thief; robber

   Synonym: mannanakaw

Derived terms

• agtulisan

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tulisan. Equivalent to tulis +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tuˈlisan/ [t̪uˈli.san]
• Rhymes: -isan
• Syllabification: tu‧li‧san

Noun

tulisan (plural tulisan-tulisan)

1. writing
   1. graphism of symbols such as letters that express some meaning
   2. a work of an author

      Synonym: karangan

   3. the style of writing of a person
2. handwriting
3. article
4. drawing

   Synonyms: gambaran, lukisan

5. (figurative, rare) destiny, fate

   Synonyms: nasib, suratan, takdir

6. script
   1. a writing; a written document.
   2. written characters; style of writing.
   3. (linguistics) type made in imitation of handwriting.
   4. (linguistics) a system of writing adapted to a particular language or set of languages.

      Synonyms: aksara, huruf

Derived terms

Compound terms

• tulisan cepat
• tulisan fitnah
• tulisan nasib
• tulisan penghinaan
• tulisan tangan
• tulisan ulu

Further reading

• “tulisan”, 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

Malay

Etymology

tulis +‎ -an

Noun

tulisan (Jawi spelling توليسن, plural tulisan-tulisan)

1. writing

Descendants

• > Indonesian: tulisan

Further reading

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

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From tulis (“sharpness”) +‎ -an.

For the sense “robber; brigand; bandit; outlaw”, the word can be interpreted literally as “pointed; bladeholder; person with a pointed weapon”. The usage of the sense was said to have started appearing after the Agrarian Revolt of 1745 in Batangas, Laguna, Cavite, and in Bulacan where indigenous landowners rose in arms over the land grabbing of Spanish friars or Catholic religious orders, with native landowners demanding that Spanish priests return their lands on the basis of ancestral domain. Doublet of tulisanes.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /tuliˈsan/ [t̪ʊ.lɪˈsan̪] (noun; adjective)
    • Rhymes: -an
  • IPA^(key): /tuˈlisan/ [t̪ʊˈliː.sɐn̪] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -isan
• Syllabification: tu‧li‧san

Noun

tulisán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐᜈ᜔)

1. highway robber; brigand; bandit; outlaw

   Synonyms: bandido, buyong, tulisanes, mangangayaw, bandolero

   • 1898, Joaquin Mañibo, Mga dakilang Kababalaghan likha ng̃ Martir sa Kalvario:

     Nag dadaan doong nagtatawid bayan ay pulupulutong, at kung minsa'y kaban at sa pang̃ing̃ilag sa sila'y maharang sa gubat ng̃ mg̃a nag galang tulisan.

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Derived terms

• magtulisan
• manulisan
• panunulisan
• tulisanin
• tulisang-dagat

Related terms

• tulisanes
• tulisanismo

Descendants

• → Cebuano: tulisan
• → Central Bikol: tulisan
• → Chamorro: tulusån
• → Ilocano: tulisan
• → Spanish: tulisán

Adjective

tulisán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐᜈ᜔)

1. (obsolete) sharp-pointed

Verb

tulisan (complete tinulisan, progressive tinutulisan, contemplative tutulisan, Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐᜈ᜔)

1. to make pointed; to make the point sharp

   Synonym: tilusan

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for tulisan

affix		-an
root word		tulis
trigger		object
aspect
infinitive		tulisan
complete		tinulisan
progressive		tinutulisan inatulisan1
contemplative		tutulisan atulisan1
imperative		tulisi1

¹ Dialectal use only.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tuliˈsan/ [t̪ʊ.lɪˈsan̪]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: tu‧li‧san

Noun

tulisán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐᜈ᜔)

1. bleeker smoothbelly sardinella (Amblygaster clupeoides, a type of small fish similar to tamban)

See also

• apta
• halubaybay
• haol-haol
• haot
• tamban
• tawilis
• tunsoy

Further reading

• “tulisan”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “tulisan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 1316
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por el P. Juan de Noceda y el P. Pedro de Sanlucar. Ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.‎^[1] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
• Salazar, Zeus A.; Yulo, E.; Navarro, A. (1996), Himagsikang Pilipino: digma ng mga anak ng bayan‎^[2] (in Tagalog), the authors
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “bandit, robber, thief”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• sulatin