kulay
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Tagalog[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuray (“veining pattern on wood or other material”) (cf. Kapampangan kule (“color”), Maranao koray (“patterns or whorl of grains in wood”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkulaj/ [ˈku.laɪ̯]
- Rhymes: -ulaj
- Syllabification: ku‧lay
Noun[edit]
kulay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜌ᜔)
- color
- Synonym: kolor
- (figuratively) character; nature
- Synonym: ugali
- tunay na kulay ― true character (literally, “true colours”)
- (by extension) race; nationality
- (obsolete) multicolored lines on clothes or stones
- (obsolete) lines on a knife
- (obsolete) act of dividing the iron from steel
Derived terms[edit]
- awankulayin
- awankulaying paningob
- damkulayin
- duhangkulayin
- ipangkulay
- kakulay
- kulay-abo
- kulay-apoy
- kulay-gatas
- kulay-langit
- kulay-lumot
- kulay-pilak
- kulay-talong
- kulay-tayom
- kulayan
- kulayin
- kulaying baltik
- kulaylawas
- kulayputol
- kulaysukat
- kumulay
- magkapunong kulay
- magkulay
- makulay
- maykulay
- pagkulay
- pangkulay
- pangulay
- pangunahing kulay
- sangkulayin
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “kulay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog 2-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ulaj
- Rhymes:Tagalog/ulaj/2 syllables
- Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- Tagalog terms with usage examples
- Tagalog terms with obsolete senses
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