ANGOB: Pangasinenses have an acute sense of smell

Where English language only has general terms like smelly, stinky, foul, fetid, funky, reeking, fishy or funny for unwanted smells, the Pangasinan language has specific terms for smell or angob that do not exist in the language, and even in Tagalog. Pangasinenses, it seems, have clinically precise terms for certain odors, particularly icky odors. 

The squeamish should be forewarned that many terms are vulgar or at least colloquial in usage.

Pangasinan - Tagalog - English

abaliw - amoy binuro - smells fermented

abureg

ambaleng - mapanghi - smells like pee?

ambaling - amoy lumang o sirang camote - has the smell of a near-rotting camote root crop/tuber

ambalingit - mabango -  good-smelling or fragrant (in general); ambalbalingit means very fragrant

ambanget - mabaho - foul-smelling (in general)

ampasaseng - maampap + anakseng; a sourish kind of stink

 

anakseng, aksengan - maasim - acidic?

apanges - amoy na malapit nang mapanis yung karne; the smell of a slightly rancid meat

banglesan - amoy-panis - smells like spoiled food

maablir - a word specifically used for bangus that is not raised in Bonuan because it has the undesirable odor of burak or polluted water (water that has undergone eutrophication)

maaktot - mabantot? - smells like laundry that wasn't dried properly under the sun

maali - smells moldy as in rancid oil or moldy bread

maampap - ? - refers to foul-smelling because unwashed female genitals

maanag - amoy-ta* - smells like sh*t

maangdod

maanggo - ? - smells like goat meat; gamey

maanglem

maanglit - amoy anghit - smells like a foul-smelling armpit

maanglo

maangob - a general usage word: has a strong smell whether pleasant or not 

 

maangsit - ? - smells sour like vinegar in an annoying way, like burning electric cables

maanteng - maanglit

maantol - ? - refers to foul-smelling because unwashed male genitals

maaptot

maasyot, maasyut - ? - refers to food that is not grilled or cooked properly, with the result of the food smelling like firewood smoke in an undesirable way

maasngal? - refers to the overpoweringly acrid? taste and smell, as in the case of a dish with too much carrots, bell pepper, or some other such vegetable

mabayani - ? - used to refer to anything with intense smell even though it is not on the stinky side, be it perfume, liquor, tobacco, urine or some other odorous thing

makapaelew - nakakahilo

makapureg - nakaka-clog ng nose

malangsi - malansa - fishy

manasengseng

mansamyong

masangsang

 

unaalingasaw - umaalingasaw - reeking