Marilo

It was Yellow Day yesterday! Did you know that the Kapampángan and Spanish/Galician words for ‘yellow’ are similar but not related? Here are two words for “yellow” in Kapampángan! How do you say “yellow” in your language?


False Cognates: “yellow”
Kapampángan: MARILÓ


Spanish: AMARILLO
& Galician: MARELO


It may look like Kapampángan mariló was borrowed from Spanish amarillo due to their similarity, but it actually comes from the Kapampángan root word for yellow: diló!


(1)
DILÓ • (di-LOH)
yellow
Tagálog (Filipino): diláw


Derived Word
MARILÓ • (muh-ri-LOH)
yellow, yellowish
Tagálog (Filipino): diláw, madiláw


(2)
PÁPAS • (PAH-puhs)
yellow


Derived Word
MAPÁPAS • (muh-PAH-puhs)
yellow