kulang

See also: Kulang

English

Noun

kulang (plural kulangs)

1. Alternative form of koulan (“kind of onager”).

Bikol Central

Etymology

Compare Malay kurang.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧lang
• IPA^(key): /ˈkulaŋ/, [ˈku.l̪aŋ]

Adjective

kulang

1. lacking; incomplete

   Synonyms: tikapo, limitado

Derived terms

• kakulangan
• kulang-kulang
• kulangon
• magkulang

 

Sakizaya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ku.ˈlaŋ/, [ku.ˈlaŋ]

Noun

kulang

1. Chinese mustard

Tagabawa

Etymology

Compare Malay kurang.

Adjective

kulang

1. lacking; incomplete

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kurang. Compare Ilocano kurang, Bikol Central kulang, Cebuano kuwang, and Maranao korang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkulaŋ/ [ˈku.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ulaŋ
• Syllabification: ku‧lang

Adjective

kulang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

1. lacking; incomplete; insufficient

   Synonyms: kapos, di-sapat, may-kulang, gipit, sahol

Derived terms

• di-nagkukulang
• humigit-kumulang
• kakulangan
• kinulang
• kulang sa pansin
• kulang sa pito, labis sa walo
• kulang-kulang
• kulang-palad
• kulangan
• kulangin
• kumulang
• magkulang
• pagkukulang
• walang-kulang

 

Noun

kulang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

1. condition of being lacking, incomplete, or insufficient

   Synonyms: pagkukulang, kakulangan, pagkakapos, kakapusan

2. amount lacking

Further reading

• “kulang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “lacking, less than”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary