tular

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tular, from Javanese ꦠꦸꦭꦂ (tular, “to spread the disease”), from Old Javanese tular (“to move”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtular/ [ˈt̪u.lar]
• Rhymes: -ular
• Syllabification: tu‧lar

Verb

tular (active menular, passive ditular)

1. to infect

   Synonyms: infeksi, jangkit

Adjective

tular (comparative lebih tular, superlative paling tular)

1. contagious

   Synonyms: menular, rebak, jalar, rambat

Derived terms

• ditular
• ditulari
• ditularkan
• ketularan (“to be contagious with”)
• menular (“contagious”)
• menulari
• menularkan
• penular
• penularan
• tertular
• tertulari
• tularan

Further reading

• “tular”, 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

Javanese

Romanization

tular

1. romanization of ꦠꦸꦭꦂ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦸꦭꦂ (tular, “to spread the disease”), from Old Javanese tular (“to move”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /ˈtula(r)/ [ˈt̪u.la(r)]
• (Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /ˈtular/ [ˈt̪u.lar]
• Rhymes: -lar, -ar
• Hyphenation: tu‧lar

Verb

tular (Jawi spelling تولر)

1. to spread (of a disease)

   Synonyms: jalar, rebak

   Penyakit itu menular dengan sangat cepat.

   That disease spread really quickly.

2. (social media, except Indonesia) to go viral

   Synonym: viral (Indonesia)

   Sebuah video bayi bermain catur menular baru-baru ini.

   A video of a baby playing chess went viral recently.

Derived terms

• ditulari
• ditularkan
• ketularan
• menular
• menulari
• menularkan
• penular
• penularan
• tulari
• tularkan

Descendants

• > Indonesian: tular (inherited)

Further reading

• "tular" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Old Javanese

Etymology

Unknown

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tu.lar/

Root

tular

1. to move

Derived terms

• anular
• anular-nular
• anularakĕn
• anulari
• atula-tular
• katularan
• patular
• tan tular
• tumular
• tumular-tular
• wintaṅ anular

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦠꦸꦭꦂ (tular) (inherited)
  • → Malay: تولر (tular)
    • > Indonesian: tular (inherited)

Further reading

• "tular" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Spanish

Noun

tular m (plural tulares)

1. bulrush field or plantation, area covered with bulrushes

Further reading

• “tular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtulaɾ/ [ˈt̪uː.lɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -ulaɾ
• Syllabification: tu‧lar

Noun

tular (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Rizal, informal)

1. alternative form of tulad

Adjective

tular (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Rizal, informal)

1. alternative form of tulad

Yámana

Noun

tular

1. mountain, hill