dulang

Cebuano

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dulaŋ (“tray or low table”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈdulaŋ/ [ˈd̪uː.l̪aŋ]
• Rhymes: -ulaŋ
• Syllabification: du‧lang

Noun

dúlang (Badlit spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

1. wood-carved basin; washbowl

   Synonym: batiya

Hiligaynon

Noun

dulang

1. dig, excavate, mine

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈdulaŋ/ [ˈdu.laŋ]
• Rhymes: -ulaŋ
• Syllabification: du‧lang

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay dulang (“tray; platter”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dulaŋ (“tray or low table”).

Noun

dulang (plural dulang-dulang)

1. tray

   Synonyms: baki, nampan, talam, tampan

2. (geology) pan
3. (dialect) baby bath shaped like a small boat, made of wood, used before the child is allowed to bathe in the river. [since 2024]

Derived terms

• dulang-dulang
• mendulang
• pendulang
• pendulangan
• sedulang

• dulang alas
• dulang pelanda
• dulang rendah
• dulang tinggi

Etymology 2

Inherited from Malay dulang (“to feed a child forcibly by stuffing food down its mouth”), from Javanese ꦢꦸꦭꦁ (dulang, “to feed”).

Verb

dulang (active mendulang, passive didulang, imperative dulang, emphatic-jussive dulanglah)

1. to feed

   Synonym: suap

2. to feed a child premasticated food

Derived terms

• dulangan
• mendulang

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Minangkabau [Term?].

Root

dulang

1. alternative form of julang

Derived terms

• mendulang (to tower up, to soar high)

Etymology 4

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dulang

1. synonym of jarak (“castor oil plant”)

Etymology 5

From dulu +‎ -ang.

Adverb

dulang

1. (gay slang) synonym of dulu

Etymology 6

Borrowed from Hitu [Term?].

Noun

dulang (plural dulang-dulang)

1. (cooking, dialect) dishes prepared for the bride in the bridal room

Etymology 7

Borrowed from Malay [Term?] (Anambas).

Noun

dulang (plural dulang-dulang)

1. (dialect) calluses on the hands or feet

Further reading

• “dulang”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dulaŋ (“tray or low table”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dulaŋ/
• Rhymes: -ulaŋ, -laŋ, -aŋ

Noun

dulang (Jawi spelling دولڠ, plural dulang-dulang)

1. tray
2. (geology) pan

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• berdulang [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• berdulangkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

Descendants

• Indonesian: dulang

Verb

dulang (Jawi spelling دولڠ)

1. to pan (to wash in a pan)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• mendulang [agent focus] (meN-)
• didulang [patient focus] (di-)

References

• "dulang" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "dulang" at PRPM first version)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• dolang — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dulaŋ (“tray or low table”). Compare Cebuano dulang (“washbowl”) and Malay dulang (“tray”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdulaŋ/ [ˈd̪uː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ulaŋ
• Syllabification: du‧lang

Noun

dulang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

1. low dining table (usually made of mahogany or narra)

Derived terms

• dinulang
• dulangan
• dulangin
• kadulang
• kadulangan
• kapadulangan
• madulang
• magdulang
• magkadulang
• magmahabang-dulang
• makidulang
• mapadulang

See also

• mesa
• hapag
• latok

Etymology 2

Compare Kapampangan dulang and Hiligaynon dulang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /duˈlaŋ/ [d̪ʊˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: du‧lang

Noun

duláng (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

1. extraction of ores from mines
2. mineral ore

   Synonyms: inambato, (neologism) dukalin

Derived terms

• dulangan
• dumulang
• inang dulangan
• magdurulang
• magsidulang
• mandulang
• mandurulang
• mapadulang
• mapagdulang
• tagapagdulang

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈdulaŋ/ [ˈd̪uː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -ulaŋ
• Syllabification: du‧lang

Adjective

dulang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜅ᜔) (obsolete)

1. mistaken about what one saw

   Naging dulang ang mata ko.

   My eyes became mistaken/deceived.

See also

• malikmata

Etymology 4

From dula + -ng.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /duˈlaŋ/ [d̪ʊˈlaŋ], /ˈdulaŋ/ [ˈd̪uː.lɐŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ, -ulaŋ
• Syllabification: du‧lang

Noun

duláng or dulang (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

1. ligatured form of dula

Further reading

• “dulang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “dulang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• “dulang”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2026.
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados. (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier., page 112
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 283: “Engañarſe) Dolang (pp) en lo que vio, como: vio algo que eſtaua en arca çeſtro o en otro lugar, va a buſcallo, y ſi nolo halla diçe, nagin dolang ang mata co, deuime deengañar aſeme desaparecido”
  • page 419: “Meſa) Dolang (pp) L. bara de tavo”
  • page 423: “Minar) Dolang (pc) ſacando metal delas minas”
  • page 540: “Sacar) Dolang (pc) metal de las minas”

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