tuwid

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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

    • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /tuˈid/ [ˈt̪wɪd̪̚]
      • Rhymes: -id
    • (now dialectal, Southern Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtuid/ [ˈt̪uː.ɪd̪̚]
      • Rhymes: -uid
    • Syllabification: tu‧wid

    Adjective

    tuwíd (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔)

    1. straight; not bent nor crooked (as of a line, rope, etc.)
      Synonyms: deretso, matuwid, di-baluktot, unat
    2. upright; erect (of one's standing position)
      Synonyms: patayo, patindig
    3. direct; unswerving; continuous
      Synonyms: tuloy-tuloy, deretso
    4. direct to the point; not evasive
      Synonyms: tuloy-tuloy, di-maligoy, tuwiran, direkto, direkta, tahas, tiyak

    Derived terms

    • anggulong tuwid
    • di-matwid
    • ganting-matwid
    • hinuwid
    • hinuwiran
    • hinuwirin
    • huminuwid
    • ikatwiran
    • ipatuwid
    • ituwid
    • katuwiran
    • katwiran
    • mabigyang-katwiran
    • magbigay-katwiran
    • maghinuwid
    • magmatuwid
    • magmatwid
    • makatuwid
    • makatwiran
    • mangatwiran
    • manghinuwid
    • mapangatwiranan
    • matuwid
    • may-katwiran
    • pagkamakatwiran
    • pagkamay-katwiran
    • pagmamatuwid
    • pagtutuwid
    • pangangatwiran
    • pangatwiranan
    • samakatwid
    • tumuwid
    • tuwiran
    • tuwirin
    • walang-katwiran

    Noun

    tuwíd (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜏᜒᜇ᜔)

    1. condition of being straight, erect, or upright

    Further reading

    • tuwid”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
    • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*tuq(e)lid”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI