timpu

Tausug

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay tempoh, tempo, from Classical Malay تمڤه (tempoh), Dutch tempo from Italian tempo, or from Portuguese tempo, ultimately from Latin tempus (“time”), from Proto-Indo-European *tempos (“stretch”), from the root *temp- (“to stretch, string”).

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /timpu/ [t̪ɪmˈpu]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: tim‧pu

Noun

timpu (Sulat Sūg spelling تِمْفُ)

1. climatic season, season (of the occurrence of something which occurs at intervals)

   Ayaw kamu magtulak bang timpu mahangin.

   Don’t sail if it is the windy season.

   Synonyms: musim, waktu

2. a period of time

   Timpu Jipun siya piyagꞌanak.

   He was born during the Japanese period.

   Synonym: masa

3. the length of time one stays in prison

   Pila tahun in timpu mu?

   How many years will be your length of time in jail?

   Synonym: lugay

Derived terms

• magtimpu
• timpuhan
• timpuhun