“Corn” in every Philippine language
Corn across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Corn |
|---|---|
| English | Corn |
| Tagalog | Mais |
| Ilocano | Mais |
| Cebuano | Mais |
| Hiligaynon | Mais |
| Waray | Mais |
| Bikol | Mais |
| Kapampangan | Mais |
| Pangasinan | Mais |
What the pattern shows
Mais in all eight, from Spanish maíz. Maize is a New World crop that reached these islands through Spain, and the word came with the plant.
Where they agree
- Mais — Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
English stands alone with Corn.
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Where this comes from
This row is one of 161 concept pages drawn from a parallel set of everyday vocabulary held across nine languages. You can browse all of them, download the whole set under CC BY-SA 4.0, or paste text to find out which language it is.
Compiled from published general reference and pending review by native speakers. If something here is wrong in a language you speak, please tell us.