kulasisi

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• kulansi
• kusi

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧la‧si‧si

Noun

kulasisi

1. Philippine hanging parrot (Loriculus philippensis)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• colasisi — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *kulasisi.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kulaˈsisiʔ/ [kʊ.lɐˈsiː.sɪʔ], /kulaˈsisi/ [kʊ.lɐˈsiː.sɪ]
• Rhymes: -isiʔ, -isi
• Syllabification: ku‧la‧si‧si

Noun

kulasisì or kulasisi (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜐᜒᜐᜒ)

1. blue-crowned racket-tail (blue-crowned racket-tail)
2. (colloquial) mistress; concubine; paramour

   Synonyms: kalunya, (colloquial) babae, patiki, (colloquial) kabit

See also

• loro
• papagayo

 

Further reading

• “kulasisi”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018