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Ilocano Days, Months and Time Words with Tagalog Translations

22 time & days in Ilocano, each with its Tagalog equivalent and an English gloss. Entries come from our curated phrasebook and are checked against published references, not produced by the translation engine.

Time & days

Telling the time, naming the day.

Time & days: Ilocano phrases with Tagalog and English translations
IlocanoTagalogEnglish
TattaNgayonNow
MadamdamaMamayaLater
SakbayBagoBefore
BigatUmagaMorning
MalemHaponAfternoon
RabiiGabiEvening / night
Tengnga ti aldawTanghaliNoonliterally: Middle of the day
Ita nga aldawNgayong arawToday
Idi kalmanKahaponYesterday
Inton bigatBukasTomorrowliterally: In the morningIlocano builds 'tomorrow' from the word for morning. Tagalog 'bukas' is unrelated — and is itself a stress pair, since bukás also means 'open'.
AldawArawDayCognates. Ilocano keeps the d where Tagalog has r between vowels — the same correspondence shows up across the two languages.
LawasLinggoWeekTagalog uses 'Linggo' for both Sunday and week; Ilocano keeps them separate (Domingo / lawas).
BulanBuwanMonthBoth words mean moon and month, as in most Philippine languages.
TawenTaonYear
OrasOrasHourIdentical — Spanish 'hora' in both.
DomingoLinggoSundayThe clearest day-name split: Ilocano keeps Spanish Domingo, Tagalog nativised it to Linggo.
LunesLunesMonday
MartesMartesTuesday
MierkolesMiyerkulesWednesday
HuebesHuwebesThursdaySpelling varies in Ilocano sources between Huebes and Juebes.
BiernesBiyernesFriday
SabadoSabadoSaturday

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