“Man (adult male)” in every Philippine language
Man (adult male) across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Man (adult male) |
|---|---|
| English | Man (adult male) |
| Tagalog | lalaki |
| Ilocano | lalaki |
| Cebuano | lalaki |
| Hiligaynon | lalaki |
| Waray | lalaki |
| Bikol | lalaki |
| Kapampangan | lalaki |
| Pangasinan | laki |
What the pattern shows
Lalaki with no variation at all until Pangasinan, which clips it to laki — the same thing it does to the word for woman.
Where they agree
- lalaki — Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan
Pangasinan stands alone with laki.
In a phrase
From the Ilocano to Tagalog phrasebook, where every row was checked against published references:
Husband
Ilocano Lakay
Tagalog Asawang lalaki
Watch out
laki does not mean the same thing everywhere:
- Size, largeness in Tagalog
- A grandfather in Pangasinan
Tagalog laki is an abstract noun; Pangasinan laki is a person.
More family & people
The whole category as a word list: Ilocano Family and People Words · Tagalog Family and People Words
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.