salaula

Tagalog

Alternative forms

salauola – obsolete, Abecedario orthography
salahula – dialectal, Teresa-Morong

Etymology

Said to be from Chinese.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: sa‧la‧u‧là

IPA^(key): /salaˈʔulaʔ/, [sɐ.lɐˈʔu.lɐʔ]
Rhymes: -ulaʔ

Adjective

salaulà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜂᜎ)

untidy; scruffy; slovenly; unsanitary (of a person by habit)
Synonyms: ugaling-baboy, marumi, madungis, samlang, walang-ayos
morally offensive; obscene
Synonyms: bastos, masagwa, mahalay, malaswa
(obsolete) prodigal; lavish; wasteful
Synonyms: aksayado, alibugha, maaksaya

Derived terms

kasalaulaan
magsalaula
masalaula
pagsalaula
pagsasalaula
salaulain
sumalaula

References

“salaula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018
Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier

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