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Duminggu

Happy Sunday! How has the first week of 2023 been so far for you guys? How do you say “week” or “Sunday” in your language?


DUMINGGU • (doo-ming-GOO)
Sunday (capitalized); week
Tagálog (Filipino): linggó “week” (Linggó “Sunday”)


Etymology
From Spanish domingo (“Sunday”)


Derived Word
PARUMINGGU • (puh-roo-ming-GOO)
week, one week, for a week
Tagálog (Filipino): isáng linggó


PREFIX: Pa-
The prefix “pa-” is added to certain words to indicate one whole unit of them:

banua “year” > pabanua “one year”
bulan “month” > pabúlan “one month”
duminggu “week, Sunday” > paruminggu “one week”


DUMÍ-DUMINGGU
every week; every Sunday
Tagálog (Filipino): linggo-linggo


DUMINGGUAN
weekly
Tagálog (Filipino): linggúhan


PARÁ-PARUMINGGU
a week at a time, weekly at times


Example Sentences
(1) Pilán nang duminggu ing mílábas. [Kap]
Iláng linggó na ang nakaraán. [Tag]
Several weeks have already passed. [Eng]


(2) Paruminggú né ngéning Duminggu. [Kap]
Isáng linggó na siya ngayóng Linggó. [Tag]
It/S/he will be a week old this Sunday. [Eng]


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