Tiwi

See also: tiwi

English

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈtiːwiː/

Proper noun

Tiwi

1. A Tiwian Australian Aboriginal language spoken on Bathurst and Melville Island, in the Northern Territory.
2. A municipality of Albay, Philippines.

Further reading

• Tiwi, Albay on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Colin Yallop, Australian Aboriginal Languages, Andrew Deutsch, 1982, →ISBN.

Central Bikol

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiˈwi/ [tiˈwi]

Proper noun

Tiwi

1. a municipality of Albay, Philippines

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Central Bikol Tiwi, from earlier Tivi / Tigbi, from tigbi (“Coix lacryma-jobi”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /tiˈwi/ [t̪ɪˈwɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: Ti‧wi

Proper noun

Tiwí (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜒᜏᜒ)

1. a municipality of Albay, Philippines

Tiwi

Proper noun

Tiwi

1. a Tiwi person
2. the Tiwi language