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Tau Sug, n. (and a.)|taʊ sʊg|
Also Tao Sug, Tausug, Taw Sug.
[Tau Sug, f. taw person + sug, sulúg current.]
One of the Islamic groups inhabiting the Sulu Archipelago in the Philippine Islands, whose ancestors can be traced back to the Butuan area of north-east Mindanao; the Austronesian language spoken by this people. Also attrib. or as adj. Cf. Sulu1.
1923[see Sulu1]. 1964P. G. Gowing Mosque & Moro i. 1 Ninety-two percent of all Muslim Filipinos belong to the Tau Sug, Maranao,..and Samal groups. Ibid. 2 A vigorous and proud people, the Tau Sug are the backbone of the historic Sultanate of Sulu. 1964E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Transl. ix. 207 In the expression ‘sat and begged’ as rendered into Tau Sug, a language of the Philippines, one must specify one of these actions as primary and the other as secondary. 1973J. A. Bruno (title) The social world of the Tausug. 1977[see Sulu1]. |