Pangasinan words in Malay

Posted on June 5, 2006 - Filed Under Punch Forum |

Sonny Villafania
sonny@eac.edu.ph
5 June 2006

Definitely not. In fact almost all Philippine languages have “work” borrowings definitely not. In fact, almost all Philippine languages have “work” borrowings from Malay, Indonesia, etc…

Interestingly, in Pangasinan, the word siglat, which means “swift,” “fast” or “rapid,” appears similar to the Sumerian name Idigna and Akkadian name Idiglat for the Tigris. In Pangasinan, the word burakan, which means “wave,” “wavy,” or “surf,” appears similar to the Sumerian name Buranun and Akkadian name Pu-rat-tu for the Euphrates. (Source: wikipedia)