gulaman

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog gulaman.

Noun

gulaman (uncountable)

  1. (Philippines) Gelatin made from agar, used in certain foods.

Further reading

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: gu‧la‧man
  • IPA(key): /ɡuˈlaman/ [ɡʊˈl̪a.mɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -aman

Noun

gulaman

  1. a red alga, especially of the genera Gracilaria and Gelidium
  2. agar, from which food is made
  3. a jelly; gelatin; a dessert made from agar or gelatin
  4. the dehydrated colored bars of Gelidium corneum

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *guláman (“gelatin; agar-agar”).[1] Possibly related to Sanskrit गुल (gula, “unrefined sugar, molasses”). Compare Ilocano gulaman (“agar-agar”) & guraman (“slippery seaweed found in river mouths”), Pangasinan gulaman (“extract from agar-agar seaweed from which a jelly-like dessert is prepared”), Maranao golaman (“gelatin; jell”), and Malay gula.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡuˈlaman/ [ɡʊˈlaː.mɐn̪]
  • Rhymes: -aman
  • Syllabification: gu‧la‧man

Noun

gulaman (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜓᜎᜋᜈ᜔)

  1. gelatin made from agar (food)
  2. agar, from which the food is made
    1. red alga (genus Agardhiella F.Schmitz)
    2. ceylon moss (Gracilaria bursa-pastoris)
      Synonym: gulamang-dagat

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*guláman”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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