kulob

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ku‧lob
• IPA^(key): /kuˈlob/ [kʊˈl̪ob]

Verb

kulob

1. to turn upside down; to flip over; to rotate top to bottom
2. to overturn; to capsize
3. to sleep or lie prone

Adjective

kulob

1. prone; lying face downward

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• kulub

Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kulub (“to slow cook in a tightly covered vessel”). Compare Sundanese kulub and Javanese ꦔꦸꦭꦸꦧ꧀ (ngulub).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /kuˈlob/ [kʊˈlob̚] (adjective, conjunction)
    • Rhymes: -ob
  • IPA^(key): /ˈkulob/ [ˈkuː.lob̚] (noun)
    • Rhymes: -ulob
• Syllabification: ku‧lob

Adjective

kulób (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜊ᜔)

1. tightly covered; well-covered (of food being cooked to prevent heat from escaping)
2. stuffy; closed and warm (of a room)

   Synonyms: kulong, mabanas, maalinsangan

Derived terms

• amoy-kulob

Noun

kulob (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜊ᜔)

1. air-tight, heat-preserving cover
2. act of keeping a container tightly covered or airtight to prevent heat from escaping (to produce a higher temperature, especially for cooking)

   Synonym: pagkulob

3. act of tightly wrapping up the body to cause sweating (with thick blankets, etc.)

   Synonym: pagkukulob

Derived terms

• kuluban
• kulubin
• magkulob
• pagkukulob
• pagkulob
• pakulubin

Conjunction

kulob (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜎᜓᜊ᜔)

1. although; even if; even though

   Synonyms: kahit na, bagaman, bagamat, maski, maski na, kahiman, kahima't, kahinya, kahinyaman, biksa, biksat, bistat

Derived terms

• kulob-alin
• kulob-ano
• kulob-man
• kulob-sino

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• lukob, bulok, bukol