salaula

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• salauola — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• salahula — dialectal, Rizal

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /salaˈʔulaʔ/ [sɐ.lɐˈʔu.lɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -ulaʔ
• Syllabification: sa‧la‧u‧la

Adjective

salaulà (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜎᜂᜎ)

1. untidy; scruffy; slovenly; unsanitary (of a person by habit)

   Synonyms: ugaling-baboy, marumi, madungis, samlang, walang-ayos

2. morally offensive; obscene

   Synonyms: bastos, masagwa, mahalay, malaswa

3. (obsolete) prodigal; lavish; wasteful

   Synonyms: aksayado, alibugha, maaksaya

Derived terms

• kasalaulaan
• magsalaula
• masalaula
• pagsalaula
• pagsasalaula
• salaulain
• sumalaula

 

References

• “salaula”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier