“Mosquito” in every Philippine language
Mosquito across 8 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Mosquito |
|---|---|
| English | Mosquito |
| Tagalog | Lamok |
| Ilocano | Lamok |
| Cebuano | Lamok |
| Hiligaynon | Namok |
| Waray | Namok |
| Bikol | Lamok |
| Kapampangan | Amuk |
1 language is missing here because we could not confirm a form, not because the language lacks the word.
What the pattern shows
Lamok in most, but Hiligaynon and Waray both say namok. The l-to-n shift between those two and their neighbours turns up elsewhere in Bisayan and is regular enough to guess at.
Where they agree
- Lamok — Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Bikol
- Namok — Hiligaynon, Waray
Standing alone: English (Mosquito) and Kapampangan (Amuk).
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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.