Kua
It’s National Puppy Day! How do you say “puppy” in your language? Did you know that the Kapampángan word for “puppy” is pronounced exactly the same as its root word for “to get”?
KUÂ • (kwa’)
(1) puppy
Tagálog (Filipino): tútà
(2) to get, take
Tagálog (Filipino): kúha
Derived Kapampángan Surname
CUNÁNAN • (koo-NAH-nuhn)
a Kapampángan surname derived from kunanan/kuanan “to get/take something from someone”
Verb Conjugation
kumâ, kúkuâ, kínanguâ – to get, take (Actor Focus)
kunan, kukunan, kinuâ – to take something (Object Focus)
manguâ, mánguâ, ménguâ – to take (Actor Focus)
kuanan (kunanan), kukuanan (kukunanan), kinuanan (kinúnanan) – to get/take something from someone (Object Focus)
akuâ, akakuâ, ikuâ – to be able to get (Object Focus)
manikuâ, mánikuâ, ménikuâ – to get/receive (Actor Focus)
panguâ, pánguâ, pénguâ – to get something for someone (Object Focus)
Example Sentence:
Ikuá mé itang kuâ? [Kap]
Nakúha mo ba ‘yung tútà? [Tag]
Were you able to get the puppy? [Eng]
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