Marilo
It was Yellow Day yesterday! Did you know that the Kapampángan and Spanish/Galician words for ‘yellow’ are similar but not related? Here are two words for “yellow” in Kapampángan! How do you say “yellow” in your language?
False Cognates: “yellow”
Kapampángan: MARILÓ
Spanish: AMARILLO
& Galician: MARELO
It may look like Kapampángan mariló was borrowed from Spanish amarillo due to their similarity, but it actually comes from the Kapampángan root word for yellow: diló!
(1)
DILÓ • (di-LOH)
yellow
Tagálog (Filipino): diláw
Derived Word
MARILÓ • (muh-ri-LOH)
yellow, yellowish
Tagálog (Filipino): diláw, madiláw
(2)
PÁPAS • (PAH-puhs)
yellow
Derived Word
MAPÁPAS • (muh-PAH-puhs)
yellow
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