Kapampangan Words

Matuling How do you say “black” in your language? MATULING • (muh-too-LING) black; dark-colored Tagálog (Filipino): itím, maitím (blackish, dark-colored) Root Word TULING • (too-LING) blackness; darkness in color Tagálog (Filipino): itím, kaitimán Verb Conjugation túling, tútuling, tínuling – to blacken or get darker in color (Actor Focus) manuling, mánuling, ménuling – to turn black … Read more

Sarsuela/Zarzuela It’s World Theater Day! Did you know that a theater form sparked the golden age of Kapampángan literature? SARSUÉLA / ZARZUÉLA • (suhr-SWEH-luh)a musical theater genre with alternating sung and spoken text. A prominent literary form in Kapampángan that spurred the golden age of Kapampángan literatureTagálog (Filipino): sarsuwéla EtymologySpanish zarzuela “Spanish lyric-dramatic genre that … Read more

Ubi It’s Purple Day! How do you say “purple” in your language? Here’s a staple Filipino dessert that’s purple-colored! ÚBI • (OO-bi)purple yam (Dioscorea alata)Tagálog (Filipino): úbe Filipino purple yam jam dessert:ALÉ ÚBI (Kapampángan) /ÚBE HALAYÁ (Tagálog/Filipino)a sweet conserve of crushed ubi and milk, coconut milk, and sugar, cooked to an almost dry consistency Derived … Read more

Urud It’s Good Hair Day! How do you say “haircut” in your language? URUD • (oo-ROOD)haircutTagálog (Filipino): gupít Verb Conjugationpaurud, páurud, péurud – to get a haircut (Actor Focus)ururan, úruran, inurud – to cut the hair of someone, to give someone a haircut (Object Focus)manurud, mánurud, ménurud – to cut hair, to give a haircut … Read more

TAGULÉLÉ • (tuh-goo-LEH-LEH)lamentationTagálog (Filipino): panaghóy (root word: taghóy “lament”) Verb Conjugationmanagulélé, mánagulélé, ménagulélé – to chant/recite lamentations You may want to read: Ayunu