tutuli
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Noun edit
tutuli
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Etymology edit
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuli (“earwax”), from Proto-Austronesian *Culi (“deaf”). Cognate with Bikol Central tuli, Papora suli, Malay tuli, and Hawaiian kuli.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tutulí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜆᜓᜎᜒ)
- earwax
- Synonyms: (Quezon) tagenggong, (obsolete) antutuli
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “tutuli”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*Culi § *tuli₁”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary