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Azerbaijani
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
tula (definite accusative tulanı, plural tulalar)
- pointer, setter, hounding dog
- (derogatory) scoundrel, wretched person, underling, minion
Declension
Further reading
Iban
Etymology
From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha
Pronunciation
Noun
tula
- towel
- Synonym: tawil
Pazeh
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.
Noun
tula
- big eel
- bum, idler
References
- Paul Jen-kuei Li (李壬癸), Shigeru Tsuchida (土田滋) (2001) Pazih Dictionary (巴宰語詞典), Taipei: Academia Sinica, Institute of Linguistics.
Puyuma
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.
Noun
tula
- eel
References
- Stacy Fang-Ching Teng (鄧芳青), A Reference Grammar Of Puyuma, An Austronesian Language Of Taiwan, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2008.
Rukai
Etymology
From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.
Noun
tula
- eel
References
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtula/
- Rhymes: -ula
- Syllabification: tu‧la
Noun
tula f (plural tulas)
- (vulgar, Chile, Spain) penis
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene
Further reading
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit तुला (tulā, “balance”), according to Pardo de Tavera (1887).
Pronunciation
Noun
tulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ)
- poem
- Synonyms: berso, poema
- act of reciting a poem
- Synonym: pagtula
- way or manner a poem was recited
- Synonyms: pagkatula, pagkakatula
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
tula (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ)
- a kind of mouth disease, especially among children and infants
- distemper or pip in fowls
Derived terms
See also
Further reading
- “tula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Pardo de Tavera, Trinidad Hermenegildo (1887) El sanscrito en la lengua tagalog, la Faculté de médecine, A. Davy, page 54
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