gumulang
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡuˈmulaŋ/ [ɡʊˈmu.lɐŋ]
- Rhymes: -ulaŋ
- Syllabification: gu‧mu‧lang
Verb edit
gumulang (complete gumulang, progressive gumugulang, contemplative gugulang, Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜋᜓᜎᜅ᜔)
- to become old; to attain the age of maturity
- Synonym: tumanda
- to become ripe; to ripen (of fruits)
- Synonym: mahinog
- (figurative) to take advantage of someone who is ignorant or less experienced
- complete aspect of gumulang
Inflection edit
Verb conjugation for gumulang
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -um- ᜓᜋ᜔ |
gulang ᜄᜓᜎᜅ᜔ |
actor | ||||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| gumulang ᜄᜓᜋᜓᜎᜅ᜔ |
gumulang ᜄᜓᜋᜓᜎᜅ᜔ gungmulang1 ᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜓᜎᜅ᜔ |
gumugulang ᜄᜓᜋᜓᜄᜓᜎᜅ᜔ gungmugulang1 ᜄᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜓᜄᜓᜎᜅ᜔ nagulang2 ᜈ ᜄᜓᜎᜅ᜔ |
gugulang ᜄᜓᜄᜓᜎᜅ᜔ magulang2 ᜋ ᜄᜓᜎᜅ᜔ |
formal | kagugulang ᜃᜄᜓᜄᜓᜎᜅ᜔ |
gumulang ᜄᜓᜋᜓᜎᜅ᜔ gulang2 ᜄᜓᜎᜅ᜔ |
| informal | kakagulang ᜃᜃᜄᜓᜎᜅ᜔ | |||||
| 1Now archaic in Modern Tagalog. 2Dialectal use only. | ||||||