Kawatasan

Kawatasan
Kawatasan | @kapampangan.words

Kawatasan

It’s World Poetry Day, so here are the Kapampángan words for “poetry” with one coming from its root word for “poet” and the other from the Spanish word for “poetry”!

KAWATÁSAN • (kuh-wuh-TAH-suhn)
poetry
Tagálog (Filipino): tula, pánúláan

Root Word
WÁTAS • (WAH-tuhs)
poet
Tagálog (Filipino): mánunulà, makátà

POÉSIA • (poh-EH-shuh)
poetry, poem
Tagálog (Filipino): tulâ, pánúláan

Etymology
From Spanish poesía (“poetry, poem”)

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