kulay

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Tagalog

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuray (veining pattern on wood or other material). Compare Kapampangan kule (color), Maranao koray (patterns or whorl of grains in wood), and Malay kurai (veining; strip-marking on kris blades).

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Noun

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kulay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. color
    Synonym: kolor
  2. (figuratively) character; nature
    Synonym: ugali
    tunay na kulaytrue character (literally, “true colours”)
  3. (by extension) race; nationality
    Synonyms: lahi, lipi
  4. (military) color (standard or banner)
    pagpasok ng mga kulayentrance of colors
  5. (obsolete) multicolored lines on clothes or stones
  6. (obsolete) lines on a knife
  7. (obsolete) act of dividing the iron from steel

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See also

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Further reading

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  • kulay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 513:Raya) Colay (pp) en el cuchillo la junta del hierro y açero
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*kuray”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI