tular

Inherited from Malay tular, from Javanese ꦠꦸꦭꦂ (tular, “to spread the disease”), from Old Javanese tular (“to move”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtular/ [ˈt̪u.lar]
• Rhymes: -ular
• Syllabification: tu‧lar

tular (active menular, passive ditular)

1. to infect

   Synonyms: infeksi, jangkit

tular (comparative lebih tular, superlative paling tular)

1. contagious

   Synonyms: menular, rebak, jalar, rambat

• “tular” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

tular

1. romanization of ꦠꦸꦭꦂ

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦸꦭꦂ (tular, “to spread the disease”), from Old Javanese tular (“to move”).

• IPA^(key): /tular/
  • (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [tula]
• Rhymes: -lar, -ar

tular

1. to spread (of a disease)

   Synonyms: jalar, rebak

   Penyakit itu menular dengan sangat cepat.

   That disease spread really quickly.

2. (social media, except Indonesia) to go viral

   Synonym: viral (Indonesian)

   Sebuah video bayi bermain catur menular baru-baru ini.

   A video of a baby playing chess went viral recently.

• > Indonesian: tular (inherited)

• “tular” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Unknown

• IPA^(key): /tu.lar/

tular

1. to move

• > Javanese: ꦠꦸꦭꦂ (tular) (inherited)
  • → Malay: تولر (tular)
    • > Indonesian: tular (inherited)

• "tular" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

tular m (plural tulares)

1. bulrush field or plantation, area covered with bulrushes

• “tular”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtulaɾ/ [ˈt̪uː.lɐɾ]
• Rhymes: -ulaɾ
• Syllabification: tu‧lar

tular (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Rizal, informal)

1. alternative form of tulad

tular (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜓᜎᜇ᜔) (dialectal, Rizal, informal)

1. alternative form of tulad

tular

1. mountain, hill