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Cebuano
Etymology
Compare kulot.
Pronunciation
Adjective
kulong
- (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/,
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: ku‧long
Adjective
kulóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)
- 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)
- caged; confined in a pen, sty, kennel, coop, etc.
- Synonyms: nakakulong, nakakural, nakahawla
- surrounded; encircled (as of by enemies)
- Synonyms: ligid, aligid, naliligiran, napaliligiran, naaaligiran, kubkob, nakakubkob
- enclosed (as by a fence)
- Synonym: nababakuran
Derived terms
Noun
kulóng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)
- condition of being imprisoned or jailed
- Synonyms: pagkakakulong, pagkakabilanggo
- condition of being surrounded or encircled (as of by enemies)
Further reading
- “kulong”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018