Tuesday, July 26, 2016

8. 24 ANIMALS SOUNDS IN KAPAMPANGAN


The Kapampangan language is onomatopoeic, in which spelling mimics the actual sounds that a word refers to. Nowhere is this more evident when one goes to a farm, where you can still hear old folks use rarely-used Kapampangan terms to describe the cacophony of sounds that animals make. Here’s a list of some of them:

1. ALULUNG. To howl, like canines do.

2. BIO. Interjection for driving away birds.

3. CANCANG. To growl like a dog when it is driven away harshly.

4. CAUNG. To bark like a dog.

5. CUCUC. The cackling of hens when they have their chicks.

6. CULYO. To shout in the ricefields so birds will be driven away.

7. CURÚC. The sound made repeatedly to call the heans.

8. GAGÂ . To quarrel like animals, as in chirping, howling, but not as strong as ‘gacgac’.

9. GACGAC. To bellow like a cow,

10. GOCGOC. To grunt like a hog.

11. ICAN. How people call for pigs.

12. IYO. How people drive away pigs.

13. LANGUSNGUS. The sound of  a beast when it eats rice grains.

14. LANGUBNGUB. The sound of the teeth chewing something hard.

15. LIBA. To take large gulps, like pigs do.

16. NGATNGAT. A rat gnawing at something.

17. NGEUNG. A cat’s meow.

18. NGIC NGIC. To grunt like a pig at the time it is usually given food.

19. NGUSNGUS, The sound of a pig chewing sugar cane or rice grains.

20. PATÓC. The cackling of hens after laying an egg.

21. SIAC. Chirping of a chick.

22. TATA. To call out the dog by saying,, “tatatata”.

23. TAÚL. Originally, to call in a loud voice, Today, it refers to dog barks.

24. UACUAC. To caw, to cackle (from the word ‘auac’, a crow bird)

 SOURCE: 
Originally appeared as a full article on Singsing Magazine, JDN Center for Kapampangan Studies, Holy Angel. Vol. 4, No. 2. pp. 96-97, by Robby P. Tantingco. 

1 comment:

  1. No.9 Gacgac. Tang meangubie ming inda potang pawasan ampong marungis cami ni uali cu iniang mangalati cami bubulyon nacaming "lupa cong gacgac! Now i know.

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