tuich

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *tuyuq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suluq. Cognate with Cebuano sulo, Tagalog sulo, Malay suluh, and Marshallese til. Resemblance to English torch is coincidental, and solely orthographical.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuiʔ/

Noun

tuich

1. torch

References

• tuich in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• tuich in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• tuich in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 332.