Kapampangan to English

Here is a partial vocabulary list of Kapampangan words translated into English. Note that Kapampangan is a language distinct from Tagalog. It is NOT a dialect of Tagalog.

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KAPAMPANGAN	ENGLISH
abyas	rice (uncooked)
akalingwan	forget
aku	I/me
albugan	west
aldo	day
alikabuk	dust
alipatpat	firefly
ampo	and
angin	wind/air
api	fire
arung	nose
asán	fish
asbuk	mouth
aslagan	east
asu	dog
atandanan	remember
ate	liver
awakan	waist
awang	window
ayat	thin
ayun	earthquake
ayup	bird
babai	girl/woman
babi	pig
bagyu	storm/typhoon
bale	house
balugbug	ear
banwa	heaven/sky
batal	neck
batu	stone/rock
batwin	star
bengi	night/evening
biga	cloud
bili	put/place
bitis	foot
bitis	leg
bulan	month
buldit	butt/ass
bulus	flood
bunduk	mountain
bungu	skull
buntuk	head
burak	mud
butaki	gecko
butu	penis
butul	seed
bwak	hair
bwang	bee
bye	life
dakal	many
dalan	bring
damulag	carabao
danum	water
dapot	however/but
dapu	crocodile
daya	blood
dinan	give
ditak	some/few
duldul	thunder
dungus	abdomen
ebun	egg
ekspertu	expert
eran	staircase/steps
gabun	soil
galus	itch
gamat	hand
gulasyo	yell
gulut	back
gumulung	crawl
ibwat	carry
ibye	to give
ika	you
ila	them
ilug	river
imi	urinate/pee
ing	the
ini	this
ipan	tooth
ipas	cockroach
irap	eyelash
ita	groin
kabaldugan	meaning
kabang	while
kabud	immediately
kabiran	pull
kakewan	forest/jungle
kalang	stove
kakung	mine/my
kalupa	alike
kanaku	to me
kanwan	forehead
kapatad	sibling
kapilan	when
karela	to them
karelang	their
kawe	swim
kaya	to her/him
kayang	his/hers
ke babo	on top of
ke kilub	inside
keka	to you
ken	there
keng arap	in front
keni	here
kildap	lightning
kile	eyebrow
kilikili	armpit
king gulut	at the back
kuku	fingernail/toenail
kumaul	to hug
kumyak	to cry
kuran	clay pot
kutis	skin complexion
kwanan	to get
kwayan	bamboo
lako	remove
lalam	beneath/under
lango	housefly
lango dapu	fruit fly
lelut	congee/porridge
lipaktung	grasshopper
lukluk	to sit
lulam	cloud
lumaban	to fight
lumakad	to walk
lumawe	to look
lumpu	lame
lundag	jump
lungub	enter
lupa	face
lura	to spit
lwal	emerge/ go out
mababo	shallow
mabagal	slow
mabanglu	fragrant
mabayat	heavy
mabilug	round
madalumdum	dark
maganaka	merciful/kind
magaspang	coarse/rough
magbalik	return
magkanta	to sing
magkera	to lie down
magkunwari	pretend
maglaram	to lie
maglutu	to cook
mag-obra	to work
makaba	long
mabsi	full/satiated
makanyan	like that / thus
makananu	how
maklak	deaf
makuyad	short
makyapus	imitate/mimic
malagu	pretty
masikan	strong
malalam	deep
malangi	dry
malapit	near
malat	salty
malati	small
malingapngap	ticklish
malinis	clean
malsinta/lugud	to love
malumud	to drown
malungkut	sad
mamaliksi	to hurry
mamipi	to do laundry
mamiru	to joke
mamyalung	to play
manabu	to fall
manako	to steal
manandam	to borrow
manatsing	to sneeze
mandilu	to bathe/shower
mangadi	to pray
mangan	to eat
mangisnawa	to breathe
manguku	to cough
manik	to go up stairs
maninap	to dream
makarine	embarrassing
mako	to leave
manuk	chicken
manuyab	to yawn
manyaman	delicious
manyuka	to vomit
mapagal	tired
mapait	bitter
mapali	hot
maparas	spicy
mapinu/malinatnat	smooth
maputi	white
maragul	big/large
maranun	early
maranup	hungry
marayu	far
marimla	cold
marinat	dirty
mariposa	butterfly
marok	bad
masakit	sick
masalese	orderly
masala	bright
maslam	sour
mata	eye
mataba	fat
mataloti	coward
mataluras	slippery
matamad	lazy
matapang	brave
mataram	sharp
mataranta	confused
matas	tall
mate	to die
matilus	sharp
matsin	monkey
matudtud	to sleep
matuling	dark/black
matwa	old/matured
mayan	light (not heavy)
mayap	good/nice
mayna	weak
mengan	ate
mayumu	sweet
Menila	Manila
merakap	to be caught
mete	died
metung	one
migising	to awaken
minum	to drink
misip	to think
mitutundu	sleepy
mukyat	to climb
muma	to kiss
murit	crazy
nanu	what
napun	yesterday
nasi	rice (uncooked)
ngeni	now
ngungut	coconut
ninu	who
nukarin	where
nung	if/when
ot	why
pagó	shoulder
palisan	sweep with broom
panangab	firewood
panas	ants
pangane	eldest
paro	shrimp/prawn
pasbul	door
patag	even
paten	to kill
pau	turtle
pilan	how many
pile	lame
pilinan	select/choose
pinan-ari	rainbow
pipi	mute
pisan	cousin
puki	vagina
pusa	cat
pusu	heart
pwad	thigh
sakalan	to choke
salibubang	beetle
salu	chest
salwan	to catch
samsaman	to snatch
siku	elbow
sinup	to put away
sipsipan	to sip
sulapo	to fly
sumabi	to say
susu	breast
suyuan	to serve
takap	to cover
takbang	to step
takla	feces
taliri	finger
tasik	lye water
tata	father
tau	person
terak	to dance
tikdo	to stand
tud/intud	knee
tuknang	to stop
tulak	to push
tulang	dragonfly
tuldu	to point at
tundun	nape
ulunan	pillow
uran	rain
usad	crawl
wapin	yes/indeed
wagwagan	wave at
ya	she/he
yamuk	mosquito
yatsa	to toss
yugse	to throw

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cabayangnan / kabayangnan (youth, teenager)

kutang (question, ask)

masampat (nice, wonderful)

kaburi (like, would love to do), mekeni (come here), makanyan (like that), taksyapo (damn it), masanting (nice), nananu (what be doing), balamu (you’d think, it appears), dakal (a lot), makanini (like this), matudtud (sleep), keka tamu (to us), kekayu (sa inyo), kanaku (mine), marakal (a lot), tanaydana (damn it), ekapang tuknang (you’re not stopping), pangadwa (second), paynawa (rest), alubebe, kelingwan, Aliku… (I am not…), likwan (leave behind), maganaka (kind), Bapang Jose (Uncle John), timpukan (gem, ring setting)

What is “I Love You” in Kapampangan?

Buri daka.
I like you. / I’m fond of you.

Palsintan daka.

Pakamalan daka.

Kaluguran daka.
I love you.

😚 mamaltuk: sound effect of a kiss 💋