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sulat

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Malay surat.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈsulat/ [ˈs̪uː.l̪at̪]
    • Hyphenation: su‧lat

    Noun

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    súlat (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜆ᜔)

    1. a letter, a correspondence; a written message
    2. a mail

    Verb

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    súlat

    1. to write

    Central Bikol

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈsulat/ [ˈsu.l̪at]
    • Hyphenation: su‧lat

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    súlat (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜆ᜔)

    1. plug; clog
      Synonyms: sungsong, pansol

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    Finnish

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    Noun

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    sulat

    1. nominative plural of sulka

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    Adjective

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    sulat

    1. nominative plural of sula

    Verb

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    sulat

    1. second-person singular present indicative of sulaa

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    Kapampangan

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Malay surat.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈsulət/ [ˈsuː.lət]
      • Hyphenation: su‧lat

      Noun

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      súlat

      1. writing (on paper, etc.)
      2. act of writing
      3. handwriting; penmanship
      4. letter

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      Northern Sami

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      Noun

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      sulat

      1. nominative plural of sulla

      Swedish

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      Verb

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      sulat

      1. supine of sula

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      Tagalog

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”).[1] Unlikely to be related to sugat. Compare Ilocano surat, Pangasinan sulat, Kapampangan sulat, Asi suyat, Central Bikol surat, Aklanon sueat, Cebuano sulat, Maranao sorat, and Javanese surat.

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        Noun

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        sulat (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜆ᜔)

        1. writing (on paper, etc.)
        2. act of writing
          Synonym: pagsulat
        3. handwriting; penmanship
          Synonym: sulat-kamay
        4. letter (written message)
          Synonyms: liham, kalatas, koreo, meyl
          May sulat po kayo! ― You have a letter!
        5. (Christianity) epistle
          ang sulat sa mga Romano
          the epistle to the Romans

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        Further reading

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        • “sulat”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
        • “sulat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
        • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “write”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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        Tausug

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        Etymology

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          Borrowed from Malay surat.

          Pronunciation

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          • (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA(key): /sulat/ [sʊˈlat̪̚]
          • Rhymes: -at
          • Syllabification: su‧lat

          Noun

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          sulat (Sulat Sūg spelling سُلَتْ)

          1. document, letter

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          Yakan

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          Etymology

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            Borrowed from Malay surat.

            Noun

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            sulat

            1. document, letter
            2. writing

            Verb

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            sulat

            1. to write
            1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) loan “write”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI