dulas

See also: Dulas

Tagalog

Alternative forms

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)

  1. slipping; sliding (as on a slippery surface)
    Synonyms: dupilas, pagkadupilas
  2. slipperiness
    Synonyms: kadulasan, pagkamadulas, (dialectal) landas
  3. (colloquial) slip (giving up a secret by mistake)

Derived terms

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)

  1. dark blue
    Antonym: gwynlas
  2. violet
    Synonyms: fioled, glasgoch, rhuddlas

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

Mutated forms of dulas
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

Colors in Welsh · lliwiau (layout · text)
     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