“Spoon” in every Philippine language
Spoon across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Spoon |
|---|---|
| English | Spoon |
| Tagalog | Kutsara |
| Ilocano | Kutsara |
| Cebuano | Kutsara |
| Hiligaynon | Kutsara |
| Waray | Kutsara |
| Bikol | Kutsara |
| Kapampangan | Kutsara |
| Pangasinan | Kutsara |
What the pattern shows
Kutsara in all eight, from Spanish cuchara — and it sits beside plate, where five languages kept pinggan rather than take plato. The spoon was borrowed everywhere; the plate was not.
Where they agree
- Kutsara — Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Bikol, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
English stands alone with Spoon.
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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.