sulat

• suwat

Borrowed from Malay surat.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsulat/ [ˈs̪u.l̪ɐt̪]
• Hyphenation: su‧lat

súlat (Badlit spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜆ᜔)

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

súlat

1. to write

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

súlat (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜎᜆ᜔)

1. plug; clog

   Synonyms: sungsong, pansol

sulat

1. nominative plural of sulka

sulat

1. nominative plural of sula

sulat

1. second-person singular present indicative of sulaa

• lastu, sulta

Borrowed from Malay surat.

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

súlat

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

• talus, salut

sulat

1. nominative plural of sulla

sulat

1. supine of sula

• lusta, lutas, sluta

Borrowed from Malay surat, from Proto-Malayic *surat, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *suʀat (“to carve, to incise”). 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 ꦱꦸꦫꦠ꧀ (surat).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsulat/ [ˈsuː.lɐt̪̚]
• Rhymes: -ulat
• Syllabification: su‧lat

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

• “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

• tulas, sutla, lutas

Borrowed from Malay surat.

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

sulat (Sulat Sūg spelling سُلَتْ)

1. document, letter

Borrowed from Malay surat.

sulat

1. document, letter
2. writing

sulat

1. to write