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huli

Pronunciation: /huˈli/

“huli” is a Tagalog word. Its 17 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. last; final
  2. late; tardy
  3. previous; last
  4. left behind (as in a race)
  5. caught; arrested; apprehended
  6. senile; forgetful due to old age

noun

  1. lateness; tardiness
  2. person or thing arriving late
  3. back; rear
  4. tail; tail-end
  5. arrest; capture; apprehension
  6. catching of animals (as with a trap)
  7. catch (from hunting or fishing)
  8. person under arrest
  9. senility; forgetfulness due to old age

adverb

  1. last; previously
  2. late; tardily

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *udəhi (“last; come after or behind; late”) with metathesis. Cognate with Ilocano udi, Central Bikol huri, Cebuano ulhi, ulahi, Maranao ori, Malay udi (“back, subsequent”), and Balinese uri (“back; be behind”).

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