Amanung Sisuan
Amanung Sisuan
February 21 is International Mother Language Day, and today we feature the honorific title of the Kapampángan language as the mother tongue of the Kapampángan people.
AMÁNUNG SÍSUAN • (uh-MAH-noong SEE-swuhn)
“breastfed language” or “language suckled from the breast”, is the honorific title of the Kapampángan language as the mother tongue of its native speakers
Root Word
SÚSU • (SOO-soo)
breast
Tagálog (Filipino): súso
Homonym
SUSÛ • (soo-SOO’)
snail
Tagálog (Filipino): susô
Verb Conjugation
susuan, sususuan, sísuan - to be breastfed with (object focus)
pasusuan, pásusuan, pésusuan - to breastfeed (object focus)
sumúsu, súsúsu, sínúsu - (for the baby) to breastfeed (actor focus)
Source: kapampangan.words (follow at Instagram)
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