habulan

Tagalog

Etymology

From habol +‎ -an.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ha‧bu‧lan
  • IPA(key): /habuˈlan/, [hɐ.bʊˈlan] (noun, adjective)
  • IPA(key): /haˈbulan/, [hɐˈbu.lɐn] (verb)

Noun

habulán

  1. (games) tag
    Synonym: taya-tayaan
  2. act of chasing or running after someone; chase (of a group of people)
    Synonym: hagaran
  3. act of trying to overtake each other (as in running a race)
    Synonyms: unahan, pag-uunahan
  4. condition of being almost equal (in chances of winning)

Derived terms
  • habol-habulan

See also

Adjective

habulán

  1. having almost equal chances of winning

Verb

habulan (complete hinabulan, progressive hinahabulan, contemplative hahabulan)

  1. to append a postscript (to a letter)
    Synonym: pahabulan
  2. to add something to (something)
    Synonyms: dagdagan, pahabulan

Conjugation
Verb conjugation for habulan
Affix Root word Trigger
-an habol object
Aspect Imperative
Infinitive Complete Progressive Contemplative
habulan hinabulan hinahabulan
inahabulan1		 hahabulan
ahabulan1		 habuli1
1 Dialectal use only.
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