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hulog

Pronunciation: /ˈhuloɡ/

“hulog” is a Tagalog word. Its 20 meanings in English:

noun

  1. fall; falling (from a height)
  2. drop; dropping (of something)
  3. accidental fall (from a high place)
  4. lapse; slip (into a bad habit)
  5. failure (in examinations)
  6. capture; ensnarement
  7. dropping of a letter in a mailbox
  8. payment by installment
  9. installment (payment)
  10. contribution paid; fee; quota (to an organization as a member)
  11. amount of deposit
  12. tally (count, number)
  13. translation
  14. meaning (of a word)
  15. one's interpretation; explanation; version
  16. grace; blessing (from God)
  17. determination of a construction being vertically set using a plumb line
  18. vertical position of a construction (determined with a plumb line)
  19. construction of an additional roof on a house (such as an awning or eaves)
  20. added roof or room to a house

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *huluR, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huluʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *Suluʀ (“to lower, let down, as on a rope”). Compare Paiwan surur (“a taut-stretched line”), Ilocano ulog (“to descend, go down”), Central Bikol hulog, Cebuano hulog, Tausug hulug, Malay hulur (“letting go, slacking or paying out (a line)”), and Manggarai ulur (“to lower, let oneself down”).

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