kulong
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Cebuano[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare kulot.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: ku‧lot
Adjective[edit]
kulong
- (of hair) wavy
Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ (“cage, as for an animal; to enclose in a cage or pen”). Compare Ilocano kurong, Kapampangan kulung, Tausug kūngan, and Malay kurung.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˈloŋ/ [kʊˈloŋ]
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Syllabification: ku‧long
Adjective[edit]
kulóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)
- imprisoned; jailed; interned; locked up
- Synonyms: nakakulong, nakabilanggo
- Huli ka pero 'di ka kulong.
- You were caught but you won't be arrested (i.e. caught doing something embarrassing)
- caged; confined in a pen, sty, kennel, coop, etc.
- Synonyms: nakakulong, nakakural, nakahawla
- surrounded; encircled (as of by enemies)
- Synonyms: ligid, aligid, naliligiran, napaliligiran, naaaligiran, kubkob, nakakubkob
- enclosed (as by a fence)
- Synonym: nababakuran
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
kulóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)
- condition of being imprisoned or jailed
- Synonyms: pagkakakulong, pagkakabilanggo
- condition of being surrounded or encircled (as of by enemies)
Further reading[edit]
- “kulong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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