tula

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tula"

Iban

Etymology

From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tʊ.la]

Noun

tula

1. towel

   Synonym: tawil

Pazeh

Etymology

From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

tula

1. big eel
2. 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

1. 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

1. eel

References

• Chun-mei Chen (陳春美) (2006) A comparative study on Formosan phonology: Paiwan and Budai Rukai, p.224, University of Texas.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtula/ [ˈt̪u.la]
• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: tu‧la

Noun

tula f (plural tulas)

1. (vulgar, Chile, Spain) penis

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

Further reading

• “tula”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sanskrit तुला (tulā, “balance”), according to Pardo de Tavera (1887).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuˈlaʔ/, [tʊˈlaʔ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧la

Noun

tulâ (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ)

1. poem

   Synonyms: berso, poema

2. act of reciting a poem

   Synonym: pagtula

3. way or manner a poem was recited

   Synonyms: pagkatula, pagkakatula

Derived terms

• magpatula
• manunula
• matulain
• pagkakatula
• pagkatula
• pagtula
• panulaan
• patula
• patulain
• tula-tulaan
• tulaan
• tulain
• tulambuhay
• tumula

 

Related terms

• tulakis

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtula/, [ˈtu.lɐ]
• Hyphenation: tu‧la

Noun

tula (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ)

1. a kind of mouth disease, especially among children and infants
2. distemper or pip in fowls

See also

• singaw
• tigak

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