kulani

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• colani — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Uncertain. Borrowed from Spanish collarín (“surgical collar”) according to Panganiban (1973), but both the definition and phonology is significantly distant. See also kolyarin.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlaniʔ/ [kʊˈlaː.nɪʔ]
• Rhymes: -aniʔ
• Syllabification: ku‧la‧ni

Noun

kulanì (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜈᜒ)

1. (anatomy) lymph node
2. swelling or inflammation of the lymph node (especially in the groin or the armpit)

Derived terms

• kulanian
• kulaniin
• makulani
• mangulani

 

Further reading

• “kulani”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 312
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
• Santos, Fr. Domingo de los (1835) Tomas Oliva, editor, Vocabulario de la lengua tagala: primera, y segunda parte.‎^[2] (in Spanish), La imprenta nueva de D. Jose Maria Dayot
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
  • page 277: “Encordio) Colani (pp) o poſtema”
  • page 547: “Seca) Colani (pp) en la ingle”