kulapo
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Tagalog
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kulaˈpo/ [kʊ.lɐˈpo]
- Rhymes: -o
- Syllabification: ku‧la‧po
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Malay kerapu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuʀapu (“the sea perch, giant rock cod, giant grouper, Epinephelus spp.”). Compare Yami kozapo, Ivatan korapo, Ilocano kurapo, Bikol Central pugapo, Cebuano pugapo, Tiruray kurafu, Tausug kulapu, Pangutaran Sama kulapu, Indonesian kerapu, Sundanese ᮊᮥᮛᮕᮥ (kurapu), and Palauan ksaw.
Noun
[edit]kulapó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜉᜓ) (zoology)
See also
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Compare Kapampangan kulapu (“molds; moss”), Bikol Central kulapo (“sea slime”) and Malay kulapuk (“molds”).
Noun
[edit]kulapó (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜉᜓ)
- a kind of mildew
- Synonym: dapulak
- species of seaweed or moss
- oily or vegetable film on liquid surface
- Synonym: linab
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “kulapo” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
- “kulapo”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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[edit]Categories:
- Tagalog 3-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Tagalog/o
- Rhymes:Tagalog/o/3 syllables
- Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Malay
- Tagalog terms derived from Malay
- Tagalog terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog nouns
- Tagalog terms with Baybayin script
- tl:Fish
- tl:Serranids
- tl:Fungi
- tl:Algae
- tl:Mosses