kulata

From Spanish culata (“gunstock, butt”).

• Hyphenation: ku‧la‧ta

kulata

1. the end of a firearm opposite to that from which a bullet is fired; the butt; the gunstock
2. a blow; a punch

kulata

1. to punch
2. to batter, to beat up, to maul
3. (dated) to strike a person using the butt of a firearm

• (a punch, a blow): sumbag

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kulata.

• kinulatahan
• kulatado

kulata

1. feminine nominative singular of kulaty

kulata

1. spear

Borrowed from Spanish culata, from Italian culatta.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuˈlata/ [kʊˈlaː.t̪ɐ], /kuˈlataʔ/ [kʊˈlaː.t̪ɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ata, -ataʔ
• Syllabification: ku‧la‧ta

kulata or kulatà (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜆ)

1. (military) butt (of a rifle or firearm)

   Synonyms: manggo, puluhan

2. blow or strike with the butt (of a rifle or firearm)

• “kulata”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018