tular

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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)

  1. to infect
    Synonyms: infeksi, jangkit

Adjective

tular (comparative lebih tular, superlative paling tular)

  1. contagious
    Synonyms: menular, rebak, jalar, rambat

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Romanization

tular

  1. Romanization of ꦠꦸꦭꦂ

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦸꦭꦂ (tular, to spread the disease), from Old Javanese tular (to move).

Pronunciation

Verb

tular

  1. to spread (of a disease)
    Synonyms: jalar, rebak
    Penyakit itu menular dengan sangat cepat.
    That disease spread really quickly.
  2. (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

  1. 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)

  1. bulrush field or plantation, area covered with bulrushes

Further reading

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

tular (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Rizal, informal)

  1. Alternative form of tulad

Adjective

tular (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Rizal, informal)

  1. Alternative form of tulad

Yámana

Noun

tular

  1. mountain, hill