digos
The English word "shower" translates to digos in Ilocano.
digos refers to a device used for bathing or a shower.
Meaning: device for bathing (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
While digos is the noun for the device, the verb form agbanyo is used to indicate the action of taking a shower.
Did you know?
- In many Ilocano households, a digos is not a fixed plumbing fixture but a tabo or dipper used to pour water over the body.
- The word digos is inherited from the Proto-Austronesian root *diʀus, linking the Ilocano term to languages spoken across Southeast Asia and the Pacific.
- While digos is the word for the shower device, the action of bathing is more commonly expressed as agbanyo, which incorporates the Spanish word baño for 'bath'.
Example conversation
Ricardo and Angel are touring a new house.
- RicardoAdda kadi digos ditoy banyo?Is there a shower in this bathroom?
- AngelWen, adda digos dita suli.Yes, there is a shower in that corner.
- RicardoNasayaat dayta a digos.That shower is nice.
- AngelWen, bago dayta.Yes, that is new.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries digos, CC BY-SA 4.0.
