dulas
See also: Dulas
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- dolas — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dulas (“to slip or slide”). Compare Aklanon dueas and Maranao dolas. For the sense “giving up a secret by mistake”, see also English Freudian slip.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /duˈlas/ [d̪ʊˈlas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: du‧las
Noun
dulás (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜐ᜔)
- slipping; sliding (as on a slippery surface)
- Synonyms: dupilas, pagkadupilas
- slipperiness
- Synonyms: kadulasan, pagkamadulas, (dialectal) landas
- (colloquial) slip (giving up a secret by mistake)
Derived terms
- dulasan
- dulasin
- dumulas
- kadulasan
- madulas
- magpadulas
- mapadulas
- padulas
- padulasan
- padulasin
- pagdulas
- pagkadulas
- pagkamadulas
- pagpapadulas
- pampadulas
Further reading
- “dulas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Anagrams
Welsh
Etymology
du (“black”) + glas (“blue, green”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dulas (feminine singular dulas, plural duleision, equative mor ddulas, comparative mwy dulas, superlative mwyaf dulas)
Derived terms
- bras dulas (“indigo bunting”)
- brych unig dulas (“slate-coloured solitaire”)
- brychan rhesen ddulas (“purple bar moth”)
- cap tyllog dulas (“inkstain bolete”)
- clychau dulas (“grape-hyacinth”)
- cog ddulas (“violet cuckoo”)
- cotoneaster aeron ddulas (“black-grape cotoneaster”)
- gwanwr blodau dulas (“indigo flowerpiercer”)
- hadysor dulas (“blackish-blue seedeater”)
- lori ddulas (“ultramarine lory”)
- llostfain dulas (“slatey spinetail”)
- pysgotwr dulas (“ultramarine kingfisher”)
- tafod y ddaear dulas (“dark purple earthtongue”)
- tagell brau dulas (“indigo bunting”)
- tanagr pêr dulas (“ violaceous euphonia”)
- tegell binc ddulas (“charcoal burner mushroom”)
- tewbig dulas (“ultramarine grosbeak”)
Mutation
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
|---|---|---|---|
| dulas | ddulas | nulas | unchanged |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
See also
| gwyn | llwyd | du |
| coch; rhudd | oren, melyngoch; brown | melyn; melynwyn |
| melynwyrdd | gwyrdd | |
| gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd | asur, gwynlas | glas |
| fioled, rhuddlas; indigo | majenta; porffor | pinc, rhuddwyn |
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “dulas”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “dulas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies