kuliglig

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• culiglig (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧lig‧lig

Noun

kuliglíg

1. cicada

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• coliglig, culiglig — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Etymology

Compare Kapampangan kuliglig.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuliɡˈliɡ/ [kʊ.lɪɡˈliɡ̚]
• Rhymes: -iɡ
• Syllabification: ku‧lig‧lig

Noun

kuliglíg (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜒᜄ᜔ᜎᜒᜄ᜔)

1. cicada

   Synonyms: kulilis, kagaykay

2. cricket

   Synonyms: kuliglig-lupa, kerwe, kamaksi, kriket, grilyo

3. kuliglig (vehicle composed of a two-wheeled trailer pulled by a two-wheeled tractor similar to a rotary tiller)
4. motorized plow

See also

• kulislis

 

Further reading

• “kuliglig”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[1], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 155: “Chicharra) Culiglig [(pc)] aueçilla q̃ [canta a todas] oras, aunque de muy pocos viſta porque no para aqui ni alli, malis cana diyan culiglig (diçen aun chiquillo) quita te de ay chiquillo.”