kulay

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuray (“veining pattern on wood or other material”) (cf. Kapampangan kule (“color”), Maranao koray (“patterns or whorl of grains in wood”)).

Pronunciation
  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈkulaj/ [ˈku.laɪ̯]
  • Rhymes: -ulaj
  • Syllabification: ku‧lay

Noun

kulay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜌ᜔)

  1. color
    Synonym: kolor
  2. (figuratively) character; nature
    Synonym: ugali
    tunay na kulay ― true character (literally, “true colours”)
  3. (by extension) race; nationality
    Synonyms: lahi, lipi
  4. (obsolete) multicolored lines on clothes or stones
  5. (obsolete) lines on a knife
  6. (obsolete) act of dividing the iron from steel

Derived terms
  • awankulayin
  • awankulaying paningob
  • damkulayin
  • duhangkulayin
  • ipangkulay
  • kakulay
  • kulay-abo
  • kulay-apoy
  • kulay-gatas
  • kulay-langit
  • kulay-lumot
  • kulay-pilak
  • kulay-talong
  • kulay-tayom
  • kulayan
  • kulayin
  • kulaying baltik
  • kulaylawas
  • kulayputol
  • kulaysukat
  • kumulay
  • magkapunong kulay
  • magkulay
  • makulay
  • maykulay
  • pagkulay
  • pangkulay
  • pangulay
  • pangunahing kulay
  • sangkulayin

See also

Further reading
  • “kulay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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