Katulugnan
It’s World Environment Day! This word isn’t as common as its synonym and also a Tagálog word, kapaligirán, although the derived word makapatúlug can be encountered in literature.
KATULUGNAN • (kuh-too-loog-NUHN)
surroundings, environs, environment
Synonym & Tagálog (Filipino): kapaligirán
Root Word
TÚLUG • (TOO-loog)
(to) go around, surround
Synonym & Tagalog (Filipino): lígid, palígid
False Friends
Kapampángan:
TÚLUG “go around, surround”
(Synonym and Tagalog: lígid)
Tagalog:
TÚLOG “sleep”
(Kapampángan: tudtud)
Derived Words
MAKATÚLUG / MAKAPATÚLUG
surrounded, surrounding
Tagálog (Filipino): nakapalígid
Verb Conjugation
tumúlug, tútúlug, tínúlug – to surround, go around something or some place (Actor Focus)
patulugnan, pátulugnan, pétulugnan – to surround, go around something or some place (Object Focus)
Example Sentence (from Psalm 97:2)
Ing bígá at dalumdum, makapatúlug king Ginu. [Kap]
Ang úlap at dilím ay nakapaligid sa Panginoón. [Tag]
Clouds and darkness surround the Lord. [Eng]
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