Siwala
A few days ago, it was World Voice Day, devoted to the celebration of the phenomenon of voice, and to increase awareness of the importance of the voice and alertness to voice problems. Here are the two Kapampángan words for “voice”, one of which is a Sanskrit loanword while the other is a Spanish loanword!
SIWÁLÂ • (sih-WAH-la’)
voice, vowel (literary/artistic; rarely used)
Alternative (Hispanicized) Spelling: siuálâ; Also: suálâ/swálâ
Synonym & More Commonly Used: bósis
Tagálog (Filipino): tínig (“voice”), patínig (“vowel”)
BÓSIS • (BOH-sihs)
voice
Tagálog (Filipino): bóses
Etymologies
Siwálâ comes from Sanskrit स्वर (svára) “sound, voice”, via Malay suara “voice”.
Bósis comes from Spanish voces, plural form of voz “voice”.