Kapampangan Language - Loan Words

Loan Words

Kapampangan contains a lot of Chinese especially from Cantonese and Hokkien. Examples are:

• ápû 阿婆 "(maternal) grandmother"
• impû 外婆 "(paternal) grandmother'
• ingkung 外公 "(paternal) grandfather"
• atchi 阿姐 "eldest sister"
• koya 哥仔　"eldest brother"
• susi 鎖匙 "key"
• pansit 便食 "noodles" (lit."instant meal")
• buisit 無衣食 "bad luck" (lit."without clothes and food")

Due to the influence of Buddhism and Hinduism, Kapampangan also acquired words from Sanskrit. A few examples are:

• alaya "home" from Sanskrit आलय alaya
• kalma "fate" from Sanskrit कर्म karma
• damla "divine law" from Sanskrit धर्म dharma
• mantala "magic formulas" from Sanskrit मन्त्र mantra
• upaya "power" from Sanskrit उपाय upaya
• siuala "voice" from Sanskrit स्वर svara
• lupa "face" from Sanskrit रुपा rupa
• sabla "every" from Sanskrit सर्व sarva
• lawu "eclipse" from Sanskrit राहु rahu
• galura "giant eagle" (a surname) from Sanskrit गरुड garuda
• laksina "south" (a surname) from Sanskrit दक्षिण dakshin
• laksamana "admiral" (a surname) from Sanskrit लक्ष्मण lakshmana

Also, there are many Spanish loan words present today, given its more than three hundred years of occupation. Among a few examples are suerti from Spanish suerte (luck), curus from cruz (cross), carni from carne (meat), corsunada from corazonada (crush), casapego and casa fuego (matchbox)

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