kulong

Cebuano

Etymology

Compare kulot.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧lot

Adjective

kulong

1. (of hair) wavy

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuruŋ (“cage, as for an animal; to enclose in a cage or pen”). Compare Ilocano kurong, Kapampangan kulung, Tausug kūngan, and Malay kurung.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈloŋ/ [kʊˈloŋ]
• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Syllabification: ku‧long

Adjective

kulóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

1. imprisoned; jailed; interned; locked up

   Synonyms: nakakulong, nakabilanggo

   Huli ka pero 'di ka kulong.

   You were caught but you won't be arrested (i.e. caught doing something embarrassing)

2. caged; confined in a pen, sty, kennel, coop, etc.

   Synonyms: nakakulong, nakakural, nakahawla

3. surrounded; encircled (as of by enemies)

   Synonyms: ligid, aligid, naliligiran, napaliligiran, naaaligiran, kubkob, nakakubkob

4. enclosed (as by a fence)

   Synonym: nababakuran

Derived terms

• ikulong
• kulungan
• kulungin
• magkulong
• makulong
• nakakulong
• pagkakulong

 

Noun

kulóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)

1. condition of being imprisoned or jailed

   Synonyms: pagkakakulong, pagkakabilanggo

2. condition of being surrounded or encircled (as of by enemies)

Further reading

• “kulong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• lukong