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

  • IPA(key): /kuˈloŋ/, [kʊˈloŋ]
  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: 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
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