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Tagalog
Etymology
From Proto-Central Philippine *tuqlid with elision of /l/, from Proto-Philippine *tuqlid, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuq(ə)lid. Compare Kapampangan tulid, Cebuano tul-id, and Tausug tulid.
Pronunciation
Adjective
tuwíd (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔)
- straight; not bent nor crooked (as of a line, rope, etc.)
- Synonyms: deretso, matuwid, di-baluktot, unat
- upright; erect (of one's standing position)
- Synonyms: patayo, patindig
- direct; unswerving; continuous
- Synonyms: tuloy-tuloy, deretso
- direct to the point; not evasive
- Synonyms: tuloy-tuloy, di-maligoy, tuwiran, direkto, direkta, tahas, tiyak
Derived terms
Noun
tuwíd (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔)
- condition of being straight, erect, or upright
Further reading
- “tuwid”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tuq(e)lid”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI