Kapampangan

English

Etymology

From Kapampangan Kapampangan.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ka‧pam‧pa‧ngan

Proper noun

Kapampangan

1. A language of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family of languages; it is one of the major languages of the Philippines and the primary language in the province of Pampanga, as well as southern Tarlac.
2. The people of Pampanga or people with Kapampangan heritage.

Translations

language

• Cebuano: Kapampangan
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 邦板牙語／邦板牙语

  Mandarin: 邦板牙语 (zh)

• Finnish: pampanga (fi)
• Ilocano: Kapampangan
• Ivatan: Kapampangan
• Korean: 팜판가어 (pampan'ga'eo), 팜팡가어 (pampangga'eo), 카팜팡안 (kapampang'an)
• Pangasinan: Kapampangan
• Russian: капампанганский (ru) (kapampanganskij), капампанган m (kapampangan)
• Spanish: pampango m
• Tagalog: Kapampangan

Noun

Kapampangan (plural Kapampangans)

1. One of the native speakers of the Kapampangan language.

Adjective

Kapampangan (not comparable)

1. pertaining to the Kapampangan language or its speakers

Hypernyms

• Filipino
• Pilipino

Translations

pertaining to Kapampangan or its speakers

• Russian: капампанганский (ru) (kapampanganskij)

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Kapampangan, pam ⁠
• Kapampangan Wiktionary

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

• Capampañgan (Súlat Bacúlud, Ámung Sámson)

Etymology

From pangpang (“river bank”) +‎ ka- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəpəmˈpaŋən/, [kə.pəmˈpäː.ŋən]
• Hyphenation: Ka‧pam‧pa‧ngan

Noun

Kapampángan

1. the Kapampangan language, spoken in the Philippines, in particular, Pampanga and Tarlac, both located north of Metro Manila
2. one of the native speakers of the Kapampangan language
3. the Kapampangan people, in particular, the natives of Pampanga and Tarlac in the island of Luzon in the Philippines

Adjective

Kapampángan

1. pertaining to the Kapampangan language or its speakers

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Kapampangan, pam ⁠
• Kapampangan Wiktionary

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• Capampañgan, Capampang̃an, Capangpang̃an — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography
• Kapangpangan — now rare

Etymology

Borrowed from Kapampangan Kapampangan, from pangpang (“shore”) +‎ ka- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kapamˈpaŋan/, [kɐ.pɐmˈpa.ŋɐn]
• Hyphenation: Ka‧pam‧pa‧ngan

Noun

Kapampangan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜅᜈ᜔)

1. Kapampangan (people)

   Synonym: Pampango

2. Kapampangan (language)

   Synonym: Pampango

Adjective

Kapampangan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜉᜋ᜔ᜉᜅᜈ᜔)

1. Kapampangan (pertaining to Pampanga, the Kapampangan people, or the Kapampangan language)

   Synonym: Pampango

Related terms

• Pampanga

Further reading

• “Kapampangan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018