“Wife” in every Philippine language
Wife across 9 languages, and what the differences tell you.
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Side by side
| Language | Wife |
|---|---|
| English | Wife |
| Tagalog | asawa |
| Ilocano | asawa |
| Cebuano | asawa |
| Hiligaynon | asawa |
| Waray | asawa |
| Bikol | agom |
| Kapampangan | asawa |
| Pangasinan | asawa |
What the pattern shows
Asawa in seven of the eight, and it is gender-neutral in all of them — the same word appears as the entry for husband. Bikol agom is the only language here using a separate term.
Where they agree
- asawa — Tagalog, Ilocano, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Kapampangan, Pangasinan
Standing alone: English (Wife) and Bikol (agom).
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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.