"pula" meaning in Tagalog

See pula in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /puˈla/ [Standard-Tagalog], [pʊˈla] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: pulá [canonical], ᜉᜓᜎ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula. Compare Aklanon puea and Asi puya. Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*pula}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula, {{cog|akl|puea}} Aklanon puea, {{cog|bno|puya}} Asi puya Head templates: {{tl-adj|pulá|b=+}} pulá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ)
  1. red (color/colour)
    Sense id: en-pula-tl-adj-0k-ADvPb Categories (other): Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Colors of the rainbow, Reds Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 55 45 Disambiguation of Colors of the rainbow: 45 42 13 Disambiguation of Reds: 35 31 34 Derived forms: alukpula, himula, kalabasang pula, Krus na Pula, langkawas na pula, mamula, mapula, pula ng itlog, pulahan, pulang asukal, pumula
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /puˈla/ [Standard-Tagalog], [pʊˈla] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: pulá [canonical], ᜉᜓᜎ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -a Etymology: From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula. Compare Aklanon puea and Asi puya. Etymology templates: {{inh|tl|poz-pro|*pula}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula, {{cog|akl|puea}} Aklanon puea, {{cog|bno|puya}} Asi puya Head templates: {{tl-noun|pulá|b=+}} pulá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ)
  1. red (color/colour)
    Sense id: en-pula-tl-noun-0k-ADvPb Categories (other): Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation, Colors of the rainbow, Reds Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with mabilis pronunciation: 55 45 Disambiguation of Colors of the rainbow: 45 42 13 Disambiguation of Reds: 35 31 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈpulaʔ/ [Standard-Tagalog], [ˈpuː.lɐʔ] [Standard-Tagalog] Forms: pulà [canonical], ᜉᜓᜎ [Baybayin]
Rhymes: -ulaʔ Head templates: {{tl-noun|pulà|b=+}} pulà (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎ)
  1. adverse criticism; act of finding fault with another Synonyms: pintas, pamimintas, pista, pamimista Derived forms: magpula, pagpula, pagpupula, pulaan, pulangit Related terms: puna
    Sense id: en-pula-tl-noun-CaLuFz7h Categories (other): Tagalog entries with incorrect language header, Tagalog terms with Baybayin script, Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation, Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries, Colors of the rainbow, Reds Disambiguation of Tagalog entries with incorrect language header: 4 3 93 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with Baybayin script: 5 5 89 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with malumi pronunciation: 8 6 86 Disambiguation of Tagalog terms with missing Baybayin script entries: 5 4 91 Disambiguation of Colors of the rainbow: 45 42 13 Disambiguation of Reds: 35 31 34
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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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 2026-01-13 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (96027d6 and 9905b1f). 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.