"malilang" meaning in Tagalog

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Adjective

Forms: malililang [plural], ᜋᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔ [Baybayin]
Etymology: From ma- + lilang. Etymology templates: {{af|tl|ma-|lilang}} ma- + lilang Head templates: {{tl-adj|b=+|pl=malililang}} malilang (plural malililang, Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
  1. dull Synonyms: lilang
    Sense id: en-malilang-tl-adj-j2jqAoLb
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /maˈlilaŋ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [mɐˈliː.lɐŋ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: ᜋᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -ilaŋ Etymology: Borrowed from Malay belerang (“sulfur”), possibly via variant melirang. Compare Cebuano malilang (“gunpowder”) and Javanese ꦮ꧀ꦭꦶꦫꦁ (wlirang, “sulfur”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|tl|ms|belerang||sulfur}} Borrowed from Malay belerang (“sulfur”), {{cog|ceb|malilang||gunpowder}} Cebuano malilang (“gunpowder”), {{cog|jv|ꦮ꧀ꦭꦶꦫꦁ||sulfur}} Javanese ꦮ꧀ꦭꦶꦫꦁ (wlirang, “sulfur”) Head templates: {{tl-noun|b=+}} malilang (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔)
  1. gunpowder Synonyms: pulbura, ubat
    Sense id: en-malilang-tl-noun-X~PX2I-v Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms prefixed with ma-, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Explosives Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 73 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 86 7 Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 5 82 13 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms prefixed with ma-: 13 66 21 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 5 86 9 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumay pronunciation: 81 19 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 4 89 7 Disambiguation of Explosives: 10 82 8
  2. sulfur; brimstone Synonyms: asupre, sangyawa
    Sense id: en-malilang-tl-noun-FhOofeWG Categories (other): Sulfur Disambiguation of Sulfur: 0 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ms",
        "3": "belerang",
        "4": "",
        "5": "sulfur"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Malay belerang (“sulfur”)",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "",
        "4": "gunpowder"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jv",
        "2": "ꦮ꧀ꦭꦶꦫꦁ",
        "3": "",
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      },
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "b": "+"
      },
      "expansion": "malilang (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔)",
      "name": "tl-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ma‧li‧lang"
  ],
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        "ma‧li‧lang"
      ]
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  ],
  "lang": "Tagalog",
  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "_dis": "15 73 12",
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          "_dis": "8 86 7",
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      "links": [
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          "gunpowder",
          "gunpowder"
        ]
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        {
          "word": "pulbura"
        },
        {
          "word": "ubat"
        }
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        "sulfur; brimstone"
      ],
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        [
          "sulfur",
          "sulfur"
        ],
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          "brimstone",
          "brimstone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "asupre"
        },
        {
          "word": "sangyawa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/maˈlilaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐˈliː.lɐŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ilaŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malilang"
}

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      "name": "af"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ma- + lilang.",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔",
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        "dull"
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          "dull"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lilang"
        }
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    }
  ],
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      "name": "cog"
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        "1": "jv",
        "2": "ꦮ꧀ꦭꦶꦫꦁ",
        "3": "",
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      "name": "cog"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Baybayin"
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  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
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        "ma‧li‧lang"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "gunpowder"
      ],
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          "gunpowder"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "pulbura"
        },
        {
          "word": "ubat"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sulfur; brimstone"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sulfur",
          "sulfur"
        ],
        [
          "brimstone",
          "brimstone"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "asupre"
        },
        {
          "word": "sangyawa"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/maˈlilaŋ/",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[mɐˈliː.lɐŋ]",
      "tags": [
        "Standard-Tagalog"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ilaŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "malilang"
}

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  "etymology_text": "From ma- + lilang.",
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ᜋᜎᜒᜎᜅ᜔",
      "tags": [
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  "lang_code": "tl",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "glosses": [
        "dull"
      ],
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        [
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        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lilang"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "malilang"
}

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