ulol

See also: ul-ol

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈlol/ [ʔʊˈlol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: u‧lol

Adjective

ulól (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜎ᜔) (colloquial, derogatory)

1. crazy; demented; lunatic; mad; insane

   Synonyms: loko-loko, baliw, sira-ulo, lunatiko, hibang, loko, sintosinto, kulang-kulang, bang-aw, (Rizal) agkap; see also Thesaurus:baliw

Alternative forms

• olol, ol-ol — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• ul-ol — obsolete

Derived terms

• kaululan
• mang-ulol
• ululin

 

Noun

ulól (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜎ᜔) (colloquial, derogatory)

1. mad person; lunatic

   Synonym: loko

2. condition of being crazy or insane

   Synonyms: kaululan, kabaliwan

3. act of fooling someone

   Synonyms: linlang, paglinlang, daya, pagdaya

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔulol/ [ˈʔuː.lol]
• Rhymes: -ulol
• Syllabification: u‧lol

Noun

ulol (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜓᜎ᜔) (obsolete)

1. act of adding or augmenting

   Synonyms: dagdag, pagdaragdag

Alternative forms

• olol — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Derived terms

• mag-ulol
• pag-ululin
• pag-uulol
• ululan

 

Further reading

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