Iban

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Etymology

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From Malay tuala, from Portuguese toalha

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tula

  1. towel
    Synonym: tawil

Pazeh

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

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tula

  1. big eel
  2. bum, idler

References

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  • 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

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

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tula

  1. eel

References

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  • Stacy Fang-Ching Teng (鄧芳青), A Reference Grammar Of Puyuma, An Austronesian Language Of Taiwan, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, 2008.

Rukai

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Etymology

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From Proto-Austronesian *tuNa.

Noun

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tula

  1. eel

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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tula f (plural tulas)

  1. (vulgar, Chile, Spain) penis
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pene

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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

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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
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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tula (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎ)

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

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  • 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

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