"bulaan" meaning in Tagalog

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Adjective

IPA: /buˈlaʔan/ [Standard-Tagalog], [bʊˈlaː.ʔɐn̪] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜊᜓᜎᜀᜈ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -aʔan Etymology: From bula (“fib”) + -an. Etymology templates: {{suf|tl|bula|an|t1=fib}} bula (“fib”) + -an Head templates: {{tl-adj|b=+}} bulaan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜀᜈ᜔)
  1. lying; untruthful Synonyms: sinungaling, nagsisinungaling Derived forms: pabulaanan
    Sense id: en-bulaan-tl-adj-bU9sd53X Categories (other): Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 61 39

Noun

IPA: /buˈlaʔan/ [Standard-Tagalog], [bʊˈlaː.ʔɐn̪] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜊᜓᜎᜀᜈ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -aʔan Etymology: From bula (“fib”) + -an. Etymology templates: {{suf|tl|bula|an|t1=fib}} bula (“fib”) + -an Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} bulaan (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜓᜎᜀᜈ᜔)
  1. (literary or dialectal, Quezon, Marinduque) liar; fibber Tags: dialectal, literary Synonyms: sinungaling
    Sense id: en-bulaan-tl-noun-tKzsv4nh Categories (other): Marinduque Tagalog, Quezon Tagalog, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms suffixed with -an, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 37 63 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms suffixed with -an: 35 65 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 22 78 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 19 81
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          "word": "sinungaling"
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Download raw JSONL data for bulaan meaning in Tagalog (2.8kB)

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