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uling

Pronunciation: /ˈʔuliŋ/

“uling” is a Tagalog word. Its 9 meanings in English:

noun

  1. charcoal
  2. charcoal mark or dirt (on the skin or a surface)
  3. soot
  4. a kind of tree that gives resin
  5. ligatured form of uli (“return”)
  6. ligatured form of uli (“wandering”)
  7. ligatured form of uli (“kauri”)
  8. ligatured form of uli (“oilcloth”)

adverb

  1. ligatured form of uli (“again”)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qujiŋ, from Proto-Austronesian *qujiŋ. Compare Ilocano uging, Central Bikol uring, Maranao oring, and Tausug buling. See also Malay arang.

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