kulang-kulang

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Reduplication of kulang.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ku‧lang‧ku‧lang

Noun

kulang-kulang

  1. a mentally challenged person

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • kulangkulang

Etymology

Reduplication of kulang.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kuˌlaŋ kuˈlaŋ/ [kʊˌlaŋ kʊˈlaŋ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋ
  • Syllabification: ku‧lang-ku‧lang

Adjective

kuláng-kuláng (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔ᜃᜓᜎᜅ᜔)

  1. somewhat insufficient; slightly lacking; a bit missing; somewhat incomplete; somewhat inadequate quantity but not definitively so
  2. (medicine, colloquial, euphemistic) mentally lacking; mentally challenged; mentally handicapped; feeble-minded
    Synonyms: sinto-sinto, sira-sira, medyo-medyo, uduudo, torpe

See also

Further reading

  • “kulang-kulang”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024
  • “kulang-kulang”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 406
  • Panganiban, José Villa (1973) Diksyunaryo-Tesauro Pilipino-Ingles (overall work in Tagalog and English), Quezon City: Manlapaz Publishing Co., page 312
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