“Sunday” in every Philippine language
Sunday across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Sunday |
|---|---|
| English | Sunday |
| Tagalog | Linggo |
| Ilocano | Domingo |
| Cebuano | Dominggo |
| Hiligaynon | Domingo |
| Waray | Dominggo |
| Bikol | Domingo |
| Kapampangan | Dominggo |
| Pangasinan | Simba |
What the pattern shows
Tagalog is the outlier: 'Linggo' where the rest kept 'Domingo'. Pangasinan went further and uses 'Simba', from the word for churchgoing — the same root Tagalog uses for the verb 'to attend mass'.
Where they agree
- Domingo — Ilocano, Hiligaynon, Bikol
- Dominggo — Cebuano, Waray, Kapampangan
Standing alone: Tagalog (Linggo) and Pangasinan (Simba).
In a phrase
From the Ilocano to Tagalog phrasebook, where every row was checked against published references:
This week
Ilocano Ita a lawas
Tagalog Ngayong linggo
Next week
Ilocano Intono umay a lawas
Tagalog Sa susunod na linggo
Watch out
simba does not mean the same thing everywhere:
- To attend mass, to worship in Tagalog
- A week in Pangasinan
Both descend from the Sunday-to-week association, but only Pangasinan generalised it to the seven-day span.
More time & days
The whole category as a word list: Ilocano Days, Months and Time Words · Tagalog Days, Months and Time 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.