Bayung Danum

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Bayung Danum Happy Kapampángan New Year of Báyung Danum (New Water)! May the arrival of the rainy season bring abundance and prosperity to everyone this Kapampángan New Year! BÁYUNG DANUM (‘NEW WATER’)old Kapampángan new year welcoming the rainy season Early Kapampángans marked the start of the year with the arrival of the rainy season. Modern-day … Read more

Bulalako

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Bulalako It was National Meteor Watch Day yesterday! How do you say “meteor” in your language? BULALÁKÓ • (boo-luh-LAH-KOH)meteor, shooting starTagálog (Filipino): bulalákaw SynonymTAKLANG BATUIN • (tuh-KLUHNG buh-TWIN)meteor, shooting star (literally “star poop”) You may want to read: Alisus

Abak

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Abak Good morning or Máyap a yábak from Pampanga! How do you say “morning” in your language? ÁBAK • (AH-buhk)morningTagálog (Filipino): umága (root word: ága “earliness”) Kapampángan GreetingMáyap a ábak! (Máyap a yábak*!) [Kap]Magandáng umága! [Tag]Good morning! [Eng]*A semivowel/glide (“y”) is inserted between the connector “a” and a succeeding word that begins with the vowel … Read more

Kanta

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Kanta Happy World Music Day! Here are two words for “song” in Kapampángan! Atin Cu Pung Singsing (Kapampángan Folk Song) performed by world-renowned Kapampángan singer Lea Salonga (@msleasalonga) KANTA • (kuhn-TUH)song; (to) singTagálog (Filipino): kantá EtymologyFrom Spanish canta, conjugated form of cantar “to sing” DALIT • (duh-LIT)psalm, religious song, native songTagálog (Filipino): áwit Verb Conjugationkumanta, … Read more

Gatpanapun

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Good afternoon or Mayap a gatpanapun from Pampanga! How do you say “afternoon” in your language? GATPANÁPUN • (guht-puh-NAH-poon)afternoonTagálog (Filipino): hápon Kapampángan GreetingMáyap a gatpanápun! [Kap]Magandáng hápon! [Tag]Good afternoon! [Eng] RootÁPUN • (AH-poon)a root covering concepts such as late in the day (PM) and yesterdayTagálog (Filipino): hápon Derived WordNÁPUN • (NAH-poon)yesterdayTagálog (Filipino): kahápon APÚNAN • … Read more