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Happy April Fools'! Did you know that the word for “to fool” in Kapampángan comes from the Spanish word for “crazy”?


LÓKU • (LOH-koo)
(1) naughty, mischievous
(2) jerk, fool, trickster, prankster
(3) (to) fool, trick, tease
Feminine: lóka
Tagálog (Filipino): lóko/a


Etymology
From Spanish loco/a (“crazy”)


Dictionaries commonly define these words as “crazy” (due to their etymology); however, they are more accurately used as “naughty, mischievous.” More accurate words for “crazy, insane” are murit in Kapampángan and balíw in Tagalog; they are stronger and can be more derogatory than lóku/lóko.


Derived Words:
KALÓKUAN • (kuh-LOH-kwuhn)
mischief, folly, nonsense, funny business, shenanigans
Tagálog (Filipino): kalokóhan


MANLOLÓKU • (muhn-loh-LOH-koo)
cheater, deceiver, trickster
Tagálog (Filipino): manlolóko


Verb Conjugation
lókuan, lolókuan, linóku – (1) to fool, deceive, trick; (2) to make fun of, tease, mess around with someone (Object Focus)
paglókuan, páglókuan, piglóku – to make fun of someone, to not take something seriously (Object Focus)
maglóku, máglóku, miglóku – (1) to fool, deceive, trick, cheat; (2) to joke around, be kidding (Actor Focus)
malóku, malolóku, mélóku – (1) to get tricked, fooled; (2) to lose oneself with, get addicted to (Stative / Actor Focus)
magloklókuan, mágloklókuan, mégloklókuan – to malfunction, act up (Actor Focus)


Example Sentence
Lolókuan da ká mû! [Kap]
Nilolóko lang kita! [Tag]
I’m just kidding/messing around with you! [Eng]


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