utusan

Malay

Etymology

utus +‎ -an.

Noun

utusan (Jawi spelling اوتوسن, plural utusan-utusan, informal 1st possessive utusanku, 2nd possessive utusanmu, 3rd possessive utusannya)

1. message
2. messenger, delegate, courier

Further reading

• “utusan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Tagalog

Etymology

From utos +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ʔutuˈsan/ [ʔʊ.t̪ʊˈsan̪] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -an
  • IPA^(key): /ʔuˈtusan/ [ʔʊˈt̪uː.sɐn̪] (verb)
    • Rhymes: -usan
• Syllabification: u‧tu‧san

Noun

utusán (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜓᜐᜈ᜔)

1. errand boy; messenger

   Synonym: mensahero

2. servant

   Synonym: alila

3. houseboy; housegirl; housemaid

   Synonym: katulong

See also

• boy
• kasambahay
• mutsatsa
• mutsatso
• yaya

 

Verb

utusan (complete inutusan, progressive inuutusan, contemplative uutusan, 2nd object trigger, Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜓᜐᜈ᜔)

1. to send (someone) for an errand
2. to order or command (someone) to do something

Conjugation

Verb conjugation for utusan

Affix	Root word		Trigger
-an	utos		object
Aspect				Imperative
Infinitive	Complete	Progressive	Contemplative
utusan	inutusan	inuutusan inautusan1	uutusan autusan1	utusi1
1 Dialectal use only.

Ternate

Etymology

From Malay utusan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [u.ˈtu.san]

Noun

utusan

1. a representative

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh