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English
Noun
kulang (plural kulangs)
- Alternative form of koulan (“kind of onager”).
Bikol Central
Etymology
Compare Malay kurang.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧lang
- IPA(key): /ˈkulaŋ/
Adjective
kulang
- lacking; incomplete
- Synonyms: tikapo, limitado
Derived terms
Sakizaya
Pronunciation
Noun
kulang
- Chinese mustard
Tagabawa
Etymology
Compare Malay kurang.
Adjective
kulang
- lacking; incomplete
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Malay kurang. Compare Ilocano kurang, Bikol Central kulang, Cebuano kuwang, and Maranao korang.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kulang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔)
- lacking; incomplete; insufficient
- Synonyms: kapos, di-sapat, may-kulang, gipit, sahol
Derived terms
Noun
kulang (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔)
- condition of being lacking, incomplete, or insufficient
- Synonyms: pagkukulang, kakulangan, pagkakapos, kakapusan
- amount lacking
Further reading
- “kulang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “lacking, less than”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI