kulob
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧lob
- IPA(key): /kuˈlob/ [kʊˈl̪ob]
Verb
kulob
- to turn upside down; to flip over; to rotate top to bottom
- to overturn; to capsize
- to sleep or lie prone
Adjective
kulob
- prone; lying face downward
Tagalog
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulub (“to slow cook in a tightly covered vessel”). Compare Sundanese kulub and Javanese ꦔꦸꦭꦸꦧ꧀ (ngulub).
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /kuˈlob/ [kʊˈlob̚] (adjective, conjunction)
- Rhymes: -ob
- IPA(key): /ˈkulob/ [ˈkuː.lob̚] (noun)
- Rhymes: -ulob
- IPA(key): /kuˈlob/ [kʊˈlob̚] (adjective, conjunction)
- Syllabification: ku‧lob
Adjective
kulób (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜊ᜔)
- tightly covered; well-covered (of food being cooked to prevent heat from escaping)
- stuffy; closed and warm (of a room)
- Synonyms: kulong, mabanas, maalinsangan
Derived terms
Noun
kulob (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜊ᜔)
- air-tight, heat-preserving cover
- act of keeping a container tightly covered or airtight to prevent heat from escaping (to produce a higher temperature, especially for cooking)
- Synonym: pagkulob
- act of tightly wrapping up the body to cause sweating (with thick blankets, etc.)
- Synonym: pagkukulob
Derived terms
- kuluban
- kulubin
- magkulob
- pagkukulob
- pagkulob
- pakulubin
Conjunction
kulob (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜊ᜔)
Derived terms
- kulob-alin
- kulob-ano
- kulob-man
- kulob-sino
Further reading
- “kulob”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018