kulang

See also: Kulang

English

Noun

kulang (plural kulangs)

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

Central Bikol

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay kurang.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

kúlang (plural kurulang, Basahan spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

1. lacking; incomplete

   Synonyms: tikapo, limitado

Derived terms

• kakulangan
• kulang-kulang
• kulangon
• magkulang

Kapampangan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʊˈlaŋ/ [kʊˈlaŋ]
• Hyphenation: ku‧lang

Adjective

kulang

1. lacking; incomplete; insufficient

   Synonyms: esapat, elubus, mikikulang, gipit

2. missing; less; absent

   Synonyms: bating, ditak, ala, migpaliban

3. (by extension) nothing; none; don't have

   Synonyms: ala, emiki-, emika-

   Katapangang kulang ka?

   Don't you have any courage?

   (literally, “Do you lack courage?”)

Derived terms

• alang-kulang
• emagkulang
• kakulangan
• kinulang
• kulang-kulang
• kulangan
• kumulang
• magkulangan
• migit-kumulang
• mikulang
• pagkulangan

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

Etymology tree

Proto-Malayic *kuraŋ

Malay kurangbor.

Tagalog kulang

Borrowed from Malay kurang, from Proto-Malayic *kuraŋ. Compare Ilocano kurang, Kapampangan kulang, Central Bikol kulang, Cebuano kuwang, and Maranao korang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈkulaŋ/ [ˈk̠uː.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, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “lacking, less than”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI