Etika
It’s World Tuberculosis Day. The Philippines has the highest incidence rate of tuberculosis in the world (ranking fourth in the total number of cases worldwide) according to the Global Tuberculosis Report (2021). This day serves to raise awareness about the devastating impact of TB on global health. On this World Tuberculosis Day, let’s raise awareness, and work towards ending this preventable and curable disease. Here are the two rarely used words for “tuberculosis” in Kapampángan.
ÉTIKA • (EH-ti-kuh)
(1) tuberculosis (old word)
Tagálog (Filipino): tuberkulosis, pagkatuyô, tísis
(2) ethics
Tagálog (Filipino): étika
Etymologies
(1) From Spanish hético (feminine: hética) “patient with tuberculosis”, from Ancient Greek ἑκτικός (hektikós) “habitual, consumptive”
(2) From Spanish ética “ethics”, from Ancient Greek ἠθική (ēthikḗ), feminine of ἠθικός (ēthikós) “of or for morals, moral, expressing character”
TÍSIS • (TEE-sis)
(1) tuberculosis (old word)
Tagálog (Filipino): tuberkulosis, pagkatuyô, tísis
(2) thesis
Tagálog (Filipino): tísis, tikhâ, katikhaán
Etymologies
(1) From Spanish tísis, from Ancient Greek φθίσις (phthísis) “consumption, decline, wasting away”
(2) From English thesis, from Ancient Greek θέσις (thésis) “a proposition, a statement, a thing laid down, thesis in rhetoric, thesis in prosody”
Derived Word (via Spanish)
TÍSIKA/TÍSIKU • (TEE-si-kuh/koo)
someone with tuberculosis
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