Sulu

See also: sulu and sùlù

English

Etymology

From Spanish Sulu/Sulú, 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／苏禄 (So͘-lo̍k).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu.lu/

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

• “Sulu”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ulus

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Sulu/Sulú, 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／苏禄 (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

Finnish

Etymology

From English Sulu, from Spanish Sulu/Sulú, 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／苏禄 (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	—
abessive		Sulutta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Sulu (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Suluni — accusative nom. Suluni — gen. Suluni genitive Suluni — partitive Suluani — inessive Sulussani — elative Sulustani — illative Suluuni — adessive Sulullani — ablative Sulultani — allative Sululleni — essive Sulunani — translative Sulukseni — abessive Suluttani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Sulusi — accusative nom. Sulusi — gen. Sulusi genitive Sulusi — partitive Suluasi — inessive Sulussasi — elative Sulustasi — illative Suluusi — adessive Sulullasi — ablative Sulultasi — allative Sulullesi — essive Sulunasi — translative Suluksesi — abessive Suluttasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sulumme — accusative nom. Sulumme — gen. Sulumme genitive Sulumme — partitive Suluamme — inessive Sulussamme — elative Sulustamme — illative Suluumme — adessive Sulullamme — ablative Sulultamme — allative Sulullemme — essive Sulunamme — translative Suluksemme — abessive Suluttamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Sulunne — accusative nom. Sulunne — gen. Sulunne genitive Sulunne — partitive Suluanne — inessive Sulussanne — elative Sulustanne — illative Suluunne — adessive Sulullanne — ablative Sulultanne — allative Sulullenne — essive Sulunanne — translative Suluksenne — abessive Suluttanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Sulunsa — accusative nom. Sulunsa — gen. Sulunsa genitive Sulunsa — partitive Suluaan Suluansa — inessive Sulussaan Sulussansa — elative Sulustaan Sulustansa — illative Suluunsa — adessive Sulullaan Sulullansa — ablative Sulultaan Sulultansa — allative Sululleen Sulullensa — essive Sulunaan Sulunansa — translative Sulukseen Suluksensa — abessive Suluttaan Suluttansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• lusu

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish Sulu/Sulú, 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／苏禄 (So͘-lo̍k).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Sulú (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜓ)

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