Abak


Good morning or Máyap a yábak from Pampanga! How do you say “morning” in your language?


ÁBAK • (AH-buhk)
morning
Tagálog (Filipino): umága (root word: ága “earliness”)


Kapampángan Greeting
Máyap a ábak! (Máyap a yábak*!) [Kap]
Magandáng umága! [Tag]
Good morning! [Eng]
*A semivowel/glide (“y”) is inserted between the connector “a” and a succeeding word that begins with the vowel “a”.


Derived Word
ÁBÁKAN • (AH-BAH-kuhn)
breakfast, brunch
Tagálog (Filipino): agáhan


Verb Conjugation
manábak, mánábak, minábak – to eat breakfast or early lunch (Actor Focus)


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