ulam

Borrowed from Tagalog ulam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulam (“side dish”).

• IPA^(key): /uˈlam/, [uˈlãm]
• Hyphenation: u‧lam

ulam

1. (Cotabateño, Ternateño, Zamboangueño) rice topping; viand (dish eaten with rice, such as meat, fish, vegetables, etc.)

   Synonym: (Caviteño, Cotabateño, Zamboangueño) vianda

Inherited from Malay ulam, from Proto-Malayic *hulam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulam (“side dish”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈulam/ [ˈu.lam]
• Rhymes: -ulam
• Syllabification: u‧lam

ulam (plural ulam-ulam)

1. vegetable dish

   Synonym: lalap

• “ulam”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• Carakan: ꦲꦸꦭꦩ꧀
• Roman: oelam

ulam (ngoko iwak, krama ulam)

1. Krama of iwak.

• The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011), “ulam”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN

From Proto-Malayic *hulam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulam (“side dish”).

• IPA^(key): /ulam/
• Rhymes: -lam, -am

ulam (Jawi spelling اولم, plural ulam-ulam or ulam²)

1. raw vegetable dish eaten with boiled rice; ulam

• Indonesian: ulam

• "ulam" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qulam (“side dish”). Compare Malay ulam and Javanese ꦲꦸꦭꦩ꧀ (ulam).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔulam/ [ˈʔuː.lɐm]
• Rhymes: -ulam
• Syllabification: u‧lam

ulam (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜎᜋ᜔)

1. rice topping; viand (dish eaten with rice, such as meat, fish, vegetables, etc.)

   Synonyms: pang-ulam, biyanda

   Ano ang ulam natin ngayon?

   What food (that accompanies rice) do we have today?

2. (Santa Cruz Marinduque) fish

   Synonym: isda

3. (Torrijos Marinduque) meat

   Synonym: karne

• “ulam”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “ulam”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Soberano, Rosa (1980), The Dialects of Marinduque Tagalog, Department of Linguistics, Research School of Pacific Studies, Australian National University, →ISBN, page 163

• mula, luma

By surface analysis, ula- (“to join, link”) +‎ -m. Coined by Turkish Language Association in 1937 with the meaning "progression", later coined again in 1942 to mean "category".

• IPA^(key): /uˈɫam/
• Hyphenation: u‧lam

ulam (definite accusative ulamı, plural ulamlar)

1. (uncommon, puristic) synonym of kategori
2. (philosophy, logic) each of the fundamental concepts that reflect the most general and basic properties and relations of objective reality and knowledge

   Synonyms: nitelik, nicelik, bağıntı, (dated) makule, kategori

• “ulam”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “ulam”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ulam”, in Nişanyan Sözlük