“Road” in every Philippine language
Road across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Road |
|---|---|
| English | Road |
| Tagalog | Daan |
| Ilocano | Dalan |
| Cebuano | Dalan |
| Hiligaynon | Dalan |
| Waray | Dalan |
| Bikol | Tinampo |
| Kapampangan | Dalan |
| Pangasinan | Dalan |
What the pattern shows
Seven of the eight use 'dalan'. Tagalog's 'daan' is the same root worn down, and Bikol went its own way with 'tinampo'.
Where they agree
- Dalan — Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
Standing alone: Tagalog (Daan) and Bikol (Tinampo).
In a phrase
From the Ilocano to Tagalog phrasebook, where every row was checked against published references:
Three hundred
Ilocano Tallogasut
Tagalog Tatlong daan
Watch out
daan does not mean the same thing everywhere:
- A road; also 'hundred' in Tagalog
- Old, of a thing in Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Pangasinan
Tagalog daan is a road; almost everywhere else it means old. Directions and descriptions get swapped.
More getting around
The whole category as a word list: Ilocano Words for Getting Around · Tagalog Words for Getting Around
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.