tulis

Back-formation from tulisan, from Tagalog tulisan.

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

tulis (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

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

tulis (Badlit spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. robbery

• IPA^(key): /tulis/

tulis

1. to write

Inherited from Malay tulis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtu.lɪs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -lɪs
• Hyphenation: tu‧lis

tulis (active menulis, passive ditulis, perfective passive tertulis)

1. to write
   1. (transitive, intransitive) to form letters, words or symbols on a surface in order to communicate
   2. (transitive) to be the author of (a book, article, poem, etc.)
   3. (transitive) to show (information, etc.) in written form

• “tulis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• “menulis” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• sulit

tulis m

1. thulium

From Arabic لِسَان (lisān) meaning Tongue + sabatu (one stone) becoming sabatu lisan, sabatu becoming satu (one) then it became satu lisan, then it became tulisan meaning wrtitten thing and Lisan meaning spoken thing or utterance, from Tulisan the word Tulis was created as the verb to write. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /tules/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /tulɪs/
• Rhymes: -ules, -les, -es
• Rhymes: -is

tulis (Jawi spelling توليس)

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

• Indonesian: tulis

• “tulis” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

tulis

1. book, letter, drawing

Compare talas and tilos.

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

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)

tulís (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜒᜐ᜔)

1. pointed; with a tapering, pointy end

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

• sutil, Sulit, sulit

Borrowed from Malay tulis.

tulis

1. to write

From Malay tulis.

• IPA^(key): /tu.ˈlis/

tulis

1. (transitive) to write

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

From Malay tulis.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt̪u.l̪is̪/

tulis

1. (transitive) to write

   imu itulis mene? ― who wrote this?

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