Kapampangan Words

Ema It’s Cancer season! Here are the common Kapampángan words for different types of crabs! How do you say “crab” in your language? ÉMA • (EH-muh)crabNon-Monophthongized Form: ayáma (obsolete)Tagálog (Filipino): alimángo ALIMÁSAG • (uh-li-MAH-suhg)blue crab found in the seasTagálog (Filipino): alimásag TALANGKÂ • (tuh-luhng-KA’)small crab found in the riversTagálog (Filipino): talangkâ You may want to … Read more

Tigtig Kapampángans have their own music event marketed as a local Oktoberfest in Angeles City (the Las Vegas of the Philippines) which celebrates Kapampángans’ triumph over one of the world’s largest volcanic eruptions! TIGTIG • (tig-TIG)sound of music; (to) play musicTagálog (Filipino): tugtóg Acoustic arrangement of Atin Cu Pung Singsing by Jose Valdez performed by … Read more

Sangwanan Happy St. John’s Day & June Solstice! Kapampángans celebrate the coming of the rainy season with several traditions such as this water-throwing ritual held every feast of St. John the Baptist! SANGWÁNAN • (suhng-WAH-nuhn)Kapampángan water-splashing ritual on the feast of St. John the Baptist (June 24); one of several celebrations coinciding with the ancient … Read more

Santungan It was World Refugee Month & World Refugee Day a few days ago, so here’s a Kapampángan word that means “refuge, sanctuary”! How do you say “refuge” in your language? SANTÚNGAN • (suhn-TOO-nguhn)refuge, sanctuary Root WordSANTUNG • (suhn-TOONG)(to) seek refuge, protection, shelter Verb Conjugationsumantung, sásantung, sínantung – to seek refuge, protection, shelter (Actor Focus) … Read more

Tatang Happy Father’s Day to our Kapampángan fathers who continue to uphold our Kapampángan identity and values as pillars of the family to our children! TÁTANG • (TAH-tuhng)fatherTagálog (Filipino): tátay Colloquially shortened to “Táng” when used as a term of address. Derived word:MITÁTANG • (mi-TAH-tuhng)father and child, as a collective or pairTagálog (Filipino): magtátay, mag-amá … Read more