tular

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtular]
• Hyphenation: tu‧lar

Verb

tular

1. to infect

Conjugation

Conjugation of tular (meng-, intransitive)
Root	tular
	Active	Involuntary	Passive	Basic / Imperative	Emphatic / Jussive
Active	menular	tertular	ditular	tular	tularlah
Locative	menulari	tertulari	ditulari	tulari	tularilah
Causative / Applicative1	menularkan	tertularkan	ditularkan	tularkan	tularkanlah
	Causative
Active	mempertular	terpertular	dipertular	pertular	pertularlah
Locative	mempertulari	terpertulari	dipertulari	pertulari	pertularilah
Causative / Applicative1	mempertularkan	terpertularkan	dipertularkan	pertularkan	pertularkanlah
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning. Notes: Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.

Derived terms

• ketularan
• menular
• menulari
• menularkan
• penularan
• tertulari

 

Further reading

• “tular” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Malay

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tular/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [tula]
• Rhymes: -lar, -ar

Verb

tular

1. to spread (of a disease)

   Synonyms: jalar, rebak

   Penyakit itu menular dengan sangat cepat.

   That disease spread really quickly.

2. (social media) to go viral

   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

Further reading

• “tular” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Yámana

Noun

tular

1. mountain, hill