EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
scatterbrained; mentally deficient; ditzy...
Sarcasm; mockery; scorn...
Modifier (grammar)...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/ku-lang-KU-lang/
FIL: Tumutukoy sa isang tao na may kakulangan sa pag-iisip, malilimutin, o kumikilos nang wala sa katinuan.
EN: scatterbrained; mentally deficient; ditzy
This is the state you're in before your first cup of coffee. You're looking for your phone while talking on it. It's a term of endearment for a friend who's a bit 'sabaw', or a not-so-nice way to describe someone acting erratically.
Reduplication of 'kulang' (lacking), which intensifies the meaning to imply a chronic or notable state of being 'lacking' in sense.
Can range from a lighthearted tease for being forgetful to a serious insult for being mentally unstable, depending on tone and context.
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🇵🇭 Nakalimutan ko na naman ang wallet ko, nagiging kulang-kulang na yata ako.
🇺🇸 I forgot my wallet again, I think I'm becoming scatterbrained.
🇵🇭 Huwag kang maniwala diyan, medyo kulang-kulang ang taong iyan.
🇺🇸 Don't believe him, that person is a bit ditzy.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.