dulas
See also: Dulas
Tagalog
Alternative forms
- dolas — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dulas (“to slip or slide”). Compare Aklanon dueas and Maranao dolas. For the sense “giving up a secret by mistake”, see also English Freudian slip.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /duˈlas/ [d̪ʊˈlas]
- Rhymes: -as
- Syllabification: du‧las
Noun
dulás (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜓᜎᜐ᜔)
- slipping; sliding (as on a slippery surface)
- Synonyms: dupilas, pagkadupilas
- slipperiness
- Synonyms: kadulasan, pagkamadulas, (dialectal) landas
- (colloquial) slip (giving up a secret by mistake)
Derived terms
- dulasan
- dulasin
- dumulas
- kadulasan
- madulas
- magpadulas
- mapadulas
- padulas
- padulasan
- padulasin
- pagdulas
- pagkadulas
- pagkamadulas
- pagpapadulas
- pampadulas
Further reading
- “dulas”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018