kulay
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- colay, culay – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kuray (“veining pattern on wood or other material”) (cf. Maranao koray (“patterns or whorl of grains in wood”)).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ku‧lay
- IPA(key): /ˈkulaj/, [ˈku.laɪ̯]
Noun
kulay (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜌ᜔)
- color
- Synonym: kolor
- (figuratively) character; nature
- Synonym: ugali
- tunay na kulay ― true character (literally, “true colours”)
Derived terms
- ipangkulay
- kakulay
- kulayan
- kumulay
- magkulay
- makulay
- maykulay
- pagkulay
- pangkulay
See also
- walna
Further reading
- “kulay”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018