Thursday, October 23, 2025

Pangasinan Words for Fluid Dynamics

Pangasinan Words for Fluid Dynamics

Here's another interesting set of words in the amazing Pangasinan language: our words for water and other liquids, particularly for how they move or behave.


Mabalasubos - flowing out in big amounts


Magalasugos - flowing fast with gushing sound?


Manbusawsaw - flowing out in spurts


Mankibwal - welling up? bobbing up?


Mampukal - ?


Mansikal - ?


Manlelwag - boiling


Unaagos, Manag-agos - flowing gently, meandering


Mampulaksi - tumatalsik; splattering


Mansapli - splattering from outside, s in raindrops from a windowsill


Manterter - dripping


Matalareter - dripping fast?


Mambusitsit - spurting?


Mammalasemes - ?


Mapalakapak, Mabayakabak - falling down with a lot of 'splat' sounds


Manmuldo? - ?


Mabulos, Mabulbulos - flowing out freely; figurative: bukal sa kalooban


Manlepwa - umaapaw; overflowing


Makilot - murky


Malinew - clear


Man-elnab - ? 


Mampugso - shooting from a tube


Makbol, Makmakbol - flowing vigorously?


Manyapbol - syn. of makbol


Masubol - has lots of springs?


Mannguyngoy - sniffling 


Mansanitsit - sizzling, as in water in contact with fire or extreme heat


Malasaw - malabnaw; thin in consistency


Mapalet - malapot; thick in consistency


Mampikkat - quite wet and sticky at the same time; viscous?


Ambasa - wet


Ambasa-basa - very wet


Apuyot - super-saturated with water


Manumey - overly wet as to have water flowing slowly from it


Manasusot - scalding hot


Mantampuwag - naknakno; punung-puno, nag-uumapaw; overflowing


Inmekat, Naekat, Naekatan, Nakatan - natuyuan?; dried up


Inesep - absorbed


?Mantaptapew, Tapew-tapew, Manletletaw, Letaw-letaw - floating



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