Amanung Sisuan
We feature the honorific title of the Kapampangan language as the mother tongue of the Kapampángan people.
AMÁNUNG SÍSUAN • (uh-MAH-noong SEE-swuhn)
“breastfed language” or “language suckled from the breast”, is the honorific title of the Kapampángan language as the mother tongue of its native speakers
Root Word
SÚSU • (SOO-soo)
breast
Tagálog: súso
Homonym
SUSÛ • (soo-SOO’)
snail
Tagálog (Filipino): susô
Verb Conjugation
susuan, sususuan, sísuan – to be breastfed with (object focus)
pasusuan, pásusuan, pésusuan – to breastfeed (object focus)
sumúsu, súsúsu, sínúsu – (for the baby) to breastfeed (actor focus)