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It was World Hand Hygiene Day last month! Did you know that the Kapampángan word for “to wash” is similar to the Spanish word for “hands”?

Kapampángan
MANÓS = to wash (Actor Focus)

Spanish
MANOS = hands

MANÓS • (muh-NOHS)
to wash (Actor Focus)
Tagálog (Filipino): maghúgas

WÁSAN • (WAH-suhn)
to wash (Object Focus)
Tagálog (Filipino): hugásan

Root Word
ÓS • (OHS)
(to) wash
Non-Monophthongized Form: úyas (obsolete)
Tagálog (Filipino): húgas

Verb Conjugation (Infinitive/Future, Present, Past)
manós, mánós, ménós – to wash (Actor Focus)
wásan, wawásan, inós – to wash (Object Focus)

Example Sentence
Ménós na kang gamat? [Kap]
Naghúgas ka na ba ng kamát? [Tag]
Have you washed hands already? [Eng]

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