Abak

Abak
Abak | @kapampangan.words

Abak

Good morning or Máyap a yábak from Pampanga! How do you say “morning” in your language?

ÁBAK • (AH-buhk)
morning
Tagálog (Filipino): umága (root word: ága “earliness”)

Kapampángan Greeting
Máyap a ábak! (Máyap a yábak*!) [Kap]
Magandáng umága! [Tag]
Good morning! [Eng]
*A semivowel/glide (“y”) is inserted between the connector “a” and a succeeding word that begins with the vowel “a”.

Derived Word
ÁBÁKAN • (AH-BAH-kuhn)
breakfast, brunch
Tagálog (Filipino): agáhan

Verb Conjugation
manábak, mánábak, minábak – to eat breakfast or early lunch (Actor Focus)

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