"katulong" meaning in Tagalog

See katulong in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /kaˈtuloŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [k̠ɐˈt̪uː.loŋ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜃᜆᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ [Baybayin], catolong [alternative]
Rhymes: -uloŋ Etymology: Etymology tree Tagalog ka- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ Tagalog tulong Tagalog katulong From ka- + tulong (“help”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:af|ka-|tulong<t:help>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Tagalog ka- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ Tagalog tulong Tagalog katulong [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "tulong", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "katulong", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="katulong"> From ka- + tulong (“help”). Head templates: {{tl-adj|b=+}} katulong (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)
  1. working with another; helping another
    Sense id: en-katulong-tl-adj-3hpTdOHc

Noun

IPA: /kaˈtuloŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [k̠ɐˈt̪uː.loŋ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜃᜆᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔ [Baybayin], catolong [alternative]
Rhymes: -uloŋ Etymology: Etymology tree Tagalog ka- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ Tagalog tulong Tagalog katulong From ka- + tulong (“help”). Etymology templates: {{ety|tl|:af|ka-|tulong<t:help>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Tagalog ka- Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ Tagalog tulong Tagalog katulong [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "tulong", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Tagalog", "term" : "katulong", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "tl" }" data-lang="tl" data-title="katulong"> From ka- + tulong (“help”). Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} katulong (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓᜎᜓᜅ᜔)
  1. domestic helper; maid; houseboy; housegirl
    Sense id: en-katulong-tl-noun-KYDBTr54 Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon, Tagalog entries referencing ambiguous etymons, Tagalog entries with etymology texts, Tagalog entries with etymology trees, Tagalog entries with etymon, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms prefixed with ka-, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 8 88 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 3 95 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 95 2 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 9 84 7 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 8 89 4 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries referencing ambiguous etymons: 6 86 8 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology texts: 7 82 11 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymology trees: 8 81 11 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with etymon: 3 87 9 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 4 89 7 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms prefixed with ka-: 18 50 32 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 6 81 13 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 17 50 33 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 5 85 10 Synonyms: kasambahay, asistente, katuwang, yaya, kriyada, utusan, alila, alalay, bataan, lingkod, silbiro [obsolete], bataan
  2. helper; assistant
    Sense id: en-katulong-tl-noun-hBo7gIl7
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: katulungin
Related terms: alagad, alipin, atsay, inday, karamay, kawaksi, kawani, mutsatsa, mutsatso, serbidor, sirbiyenta, tsimay
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}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Tagalog dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-09-20 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-09-02 using wiktextract (d6fca27 and 65e1673). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.