kulang-kulang

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• kuwang-kuwang

Etymology

Reduplication of kulang.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧lang‧ku‧lang

Noun

kulang-kulang

1. a mentally challenged person

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kulangkulang

Etymology

Reduplication of kulang.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˌlaŋ kuˈlaŋ/ [kʊˌlaŋ kʊˈlaŋ]
• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Syllabification: ku‧lang-ku‧lang

Adjective

kuláng-kuláng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

1. somewhat insufficient; slightly lacking; a bit missing; somewhat incomplete; somewhat inadequate quantity but not definitively so
2. (medicine, colloquial, euphemistic) mentally lacking; mentally challenged; mentally handicapped; feeble-minded

   Synonyms: sinto-sinto, sira-sira, medyo-medyo, uduudo, torpe

See also

• bobo
• may sayad
• tanga

Further reading

• “kulang-kulang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
• “kulang-kulang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 406
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 312