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Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay tular, from Javanese ꦠꦸꦭꦂ (tular, “to spread the disease”), from Old Javanese tular (“to move”).
Pronunciation
Verb
tular (active menular, passive ditular)
- to infect
- Synonyms: infeksi, jangkit
Adjective
tular (comparative lebih tular, superlative paling tular)
- contagious
- Synonyms: menular, rebak, jalar, rambat
Derived terms
Further reading
Javanese
Romanization
tular
- Romanization of ꦠꦸꦭꦂ
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦸꦭꦂ (tular, “to spread the disease”), from Old Javanese tular (“to move”).
Pronunciation
Verb
tular
- to spread (of a disease)
- Synonyms: jalar, rebak
Penyakit itu menular dengan sangat cepat.- That disease spread really quickly.
- (social media, except Indonesia) to go viral
- Synonym: viral (Indonesian)
Sebuah video bayi bermain catur menular baru-baru ini.- A video of a baby playing chess went viral recently.
Derived terms
Descendants
- > Indonesian: tular (inherited)
Further reading
Old Javanese
Etymology
Unknown
Pronunciation
Root
tular
- to move
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- "tular" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
Spanish
Noun
tular m (plural tulares)
- bulrush field or plantation, area covered with bulrushes
Further reading
Tagalog
Pronunciation
Noun
tular (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Rizal, informal)
- Alternative form of tulad
Adjective
tular (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Rizal, informal)
- Alternative form of tulad
Yámana
Noun
tular
- mountain, hill