Sulu

Sulu

See also: sulu

English

Etymology

From Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”).[1][2] Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk, Hokkien 蘇祿 (So͘-lo̍k).

Proper noun

Sulu

1. A province of the Philippines in the Sulu Archipelago.
2. An archipelago in the southern part of the Philippines.
3. (historical) the Sultanate of Sulu.
4. (dated) Tausug language.

Noun

Sulu (plural Sulus or Sulu)

1. A member of a prominent Moro tribe, occupying the Sulu Archipelago.
   • 1908, George Frederick Kunz & Charles Hugh Stevenson, The Book of the Pearl, →ISBN, page 216:

     That is the reason why the Sulu people have the right, and that they came to make the dredge (badja) to get the mother-of-pearl shell from the deep, because they can not see them.

   • 1921, Ignacio Villamor & Felipe Buencamino, Census of the Philippine Islands - Volume II, page 950:

     At the present time there are but few remains on the Island of Jolo of the past glory and civilization of the Sulu people.

   • 1970, Leigh R. Wright, The Origins of British Borneo, page 34:

     If the Spaniards merely meant to subjugate the Sulu, suppressing piracy and lawlessness on the way and no more, they would have been applauded in many quarters.

References

1. Saleeby, Najeeb M. (1908) The History of Sulu‎, page 133
2. Dino, Nelson S. (May 17, 2017), “In Situ, You Are Sug!”, in Layag Sug‎, archived from the original on 2022-03-05, retrieved 6 March 2022

• Sulu in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• ulus

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Cebuano

Etymology

From Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”).[1][2] Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk, Hokkien 蘇祿 (So͘-lo̍k).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Su‧lu
• IPA^(key): /suˈlu/, [s̪ʊˈl̪u]

Proper noun

Sulú

1. Sulu (a province of the Philippines)
2. Sulu Archipelago (an archipelago in the Philippines)
3. (historical) Sultanate of Sulu

Related terms

• Jolo

References

1. Saleeby, Najeeb M. (1908) The History of Sulu‎, page 133
2. Dino, Nelson S. (May 17, 2017), “In Situ, You Are Sug!”, in Layag Sug‎, archived from the original on 2022-03-05, retrieved 6 March 2022

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Finnish

Etymology

From English Sulu, from Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”). Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk, Hokkien 蘇祿 (So͘-lo̍k).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulu/, [ˈs̠ulu]
• Rhymes: -ulu
• Syllabification^(key): Su‧lu

Proper noun

Sulu

1. Sulu (a province of the Philippines)
2. Sulu Archipelago (an archipelago in the Philippines)

Declension

Inflection of Sulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		Sulu	—
genitive		Sulun	—
partitive		Sulua	—
illative		Suluun	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Sulu	—
accusative	nom.	Sulu	—
	gen.	Sulun
genitive		Sulun	—
partitive		Sulua	—
inessive		Sulussa	—
elative		Sulusta	—
illative		Suluun	—
adessive		Sululla	—
ablative		Sululta	—
allative		Sululle	—
essive		Suluna	—
translative		Suluksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		Sulutta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of Sulu (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Suluni	Sulumme
2nd person	Sulusi	Sulunne
3rd person	Sulunsa

Anagrams

• lusu

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Tagalog

Etymology

From Tausug Sulug (“Sulu”), an older form of Sūg (“Sulu”), possibly from Tausug sulug, an older form of sūg (“current”).[1][2] Compare Maranao Solog, Malay Suluk, Hokkien 蘇祿 (So͘-lo̍k).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Su‧lu
• IPA^(key): /suˈlu/, [sʊˈlu]

Proper noun

Sulú

1. (lalawigan/probinsiya ng ~) Sulu (a province of the Philippines)
2. Sulu Archipelago (an archipelago in the Philippines)
3. (historical) Sultanate of Sulu

Related terms

• Jolo

References

1. Saleeby, Najeeb M. (1908) The History of Sulu‎, page 133
2. Dino, Nelson S. (May 17, 2017), “In Situ, You Are Sug!”, in Layag Sug‎, archived from the original on 2022-03-05, retrieved 6 March 2022