In line with the Philippine celebration of National Arts Month this February, electronic Kabalen is proud to present 'The Six-Word Kapampangan Encyclopedia'— or The eKcyclopedia, for short.
If you think you can tell us what means Kapampangan in six short words, jump in and join. Simply complete the following sentence in six words or less (Note: English and Kapampangan only):
"Kapampangan is (your six words here) _______________.
Or: Ing Kapampangan (your six words here)________________.
To get the ball rolling, here are two examples from the usual suspects:
-Ing Kapampangan Kapampangan ya pero ena balu bakit.
-Kapampangan is the airs hap there.
Call it silly, charge it for wasting your time, but short of haiku, this "silly" time-wasting exercise might just prove useful and end up providing us more than just a hint at who we really are and what we really are as a nation.
Try it! We promise to post the best of the bunch online and on this page, as the entries roll in. Please remember to include your name and the country you're writing from so we can give due credit to your contribution. As a policy, your email will not be published.
Submit your six-word eKcyclopedia to or simply enter your best six-words using the handy form below.
Help us build the largest, human-edited Six-Word Kapampangan Encyclopedia. Spread the word and tell a fellow Kabalen about it. Ing Kapampangan "subukan na ngan agya mung minsan"
-Ing Kapampangan "tumbucan na ca tigitg cang do-re-mi"
—Teng Sunga/Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "Abe Alangtakut lagyu ning kaluguran ku, mabangis yang balamu leon, sigasiga pulae kaya, buong bario mi sasalikut. Pero taksiapo na gagalgal ya pag ginulisak ne ing cmdr na."
—Jesus Mayrosep/Los Angeles
-Ing Kapampangan "atin yang delikadeza, balu na ing makarine"
—Diego Santos/Pampanga
-Ing Kapampangan "ene kaugaling Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo"
—Shane Prieto/Dubai
-Ing Kapampangan "pamoang kapamu pampam kapangan papa pakamalan kapa"
—Hermie Sanchez Untalan/Pampanga, Philippines
-Kapampangan "language loves letter Aa."
—Josephine Britten/Japan
-Ing Kapampangan "mate kang mayli kareng jokes na"
—Alfred Lumanog/Pasig, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "magsisti ya bayu lumawe keng salamin"
-Kapampangan "lives life to the fullest"
— Wilfrido David/Albuquerque USA
-Ing Kapampangan "tumun kang pasibayu"
—Bob Singko/Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
-Ing Kapampangan "longanisa, pindang, bobotu, balo-balo, atchara, adobung kamaru"
—Jun Inlong/Northridge, CA, USA
-Ing Kapampangan "ing pekamasayang Pasku keng anggang yatu!"
—Dennis Pasumbal/Key Biscayne, Florida, USA
-Ing Kapampangan "sulagpo, miras, manaya, gagaga, makarine, maili"
—Myra Liezel Abando/Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "Matapang, mapanupaya, malagu, masanting , maganaka, maka Dios"
—Victoria L. Baluyut/USA
-Ing Kapampangan "makayama, masanting yang daramdaman"
—Andrea Y. Gatchalian/Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "Lugud qeng INDU ali na kakalingwan"
—Richelle/Dubai
-Ing Kapampangan "Eya tatakut keng leon keka pa"
—Ray/Hong Kong
-Ing Kapampangan "Miras ne bulan keng kaparatutan"
—Eron Guiam/Singapore
-Ing Kapampangan "ena problema ing pera, alaya e"
—Mike Makalingwan/Philippines
-Kapampangan is "never having to say goodbye quick"
—Bill Naguit/London
-Ing Kapampangan "tiktak ya karitwal ya katawan"
—Boy George/Angeles City, Philippines
-Kapampangan is "brave, heroic, ambitious, friendly, and always in style fashion! (^_^)"
—Lilibeth Lacanlale/Kuwait
-Ing Kapampangan "ikata key matwa bayu pamung"
—Gerald/Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "ibat ya balas, miras ya balas"
—Jhunne Gozun/Pampanga, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "a kalbu, capiloyo... obat mekanyan ya?"
—Mike G/Hastings, NZ
-Ing Kapampangan "maski nanu masayang mikakasundu."
—Aaron C David/Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "tutu man... bawu pa, ulam ne."
—Boy Kotong/Nepo Subd, Angeles City, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "a kalbu, patawaran ye, mengalinwan ya."
—Obet Jordan/Quebiawan, City of San Fernando, Philippines
-Kapampangan is "loud and proud for a reason."
—Fil A. Morales/Taiwan
-Ing Kapampangan "mapanagkas yang dili keng yatu."
—Jerimiah Yutuc/Wellington, New Zealand
-Ing Kapampangan "lulugud king gabun e ya dumanup."
—Pepe Chan/Sta. Rita, Pampanga, Philippines
-Kapampangan is "in the heart, in your soul."
—Jaimelane Dantes/Ontario, Canada
-Ing Kapampangan "e mapanako kawangis nang Gloria mu!"
—Willie Miranda/Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines
-Kapampangan is "God, family, country, abe-abe agyu tamu!"
—Roy Angeles/Bulacan, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "masias ya ing balu mu na."
—Macoy Ramos/Australia
-Ing Kapampangan "maging yang balasubas king balas."
—Jumong Hizon/Okinawa, Japan
-Ing Kapampangan "manyaman yang mangan... buru, camaru, asu."
—Voltes Sabado/Ukiah, CA, USA
-Kapampangan is "very surround sound only by Dolby."
—Fer Lang Po/Hawaii
-Ing Kapampangan "balu nang alang gloria king panako."
—Babes Y Montalibano/Canada
-Ing Kapampangan "bisa naku muli."
—Rose/USA
-Ing Kapampangan "mabusig ya: butul pakwan, boy bawang."
—Kiko Ducusin/HongKong
-Ing Kapampangan "e biasang maglaram, manako kaban bayan."
—Herman Benedicto/Omaha, USA
-Ing Kapampangan "ilang peka masanting kayabe."
-Ing Kapampangan "akilala me agad nukarin ya man munta."
—Shey/City of San Fernando, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "masiri."
—Jam/UAE
-Ing Kapampangan "angang ala yang pera mayabang ya."
-Ing Kapampangan "masipag ya kayamu magastus ya."
-Ing Kapampangan. "malaram yang kalupa nang Gloria."
-Ing Kapampangan "style na one-day millionaire."
-Ing Kapampangan "sabungeru ya."
—Mario/Dammam, KSA
-Ing Kapampangan "paglaban ne ing prinsipyu na."
—Mickey San Antonio/Honolulu, Hawaii
-Ing Kapampangan "darapat ya at kikimut kabang magmais."
—Jason Paul Laxamana/Angeles City, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan e ya malaram.
—Julio Samson/San Nicolas, Angeles City, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan manyaman ya batal, manuk, babi, paro at ema.
—Rey Dizon/Quatar
-Ing Kapampangan "basta ene kaugaling Gloria"
—Gina Tan/Sapa Libutad, Angeles City, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "e matako, e manako balas!"
—Pastor MB Santos/Porac, Pampanga, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "bawu pa, ulam ne!"
—James Dean Manarang/Davao City, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "leko na ne ing kayang kayabangan, ngeni lalakad ya king katuliran!"
—Rey C Dizon/Lucban, Quezon
-Ing Kapampangan "mananam at mamunga ya utang a lub"
—Allan John Ozaeta/Dubai
-Ing Kapampangan "maski ng larangan atin lunto mangibabo..."
...karing anak pawis, Felixberto S. Olalia,
...ding magbuwis bie, Sen. Benigno S. Aquino, Jr.
...tutuki bakas ning pengari, Rolando Olalia,
...babaywan ne ing kalakaran king politika-- Corazon C. Aquino, Gloria Macapagal- Arroyo, Among Gob. Ed Panlilio
—Ces Yumul/Labuad Kapampangan
-Ing Kapampangan "bagya na kapad ing: burung camatis, burung kangkung, burung paku, burung kaladua..."
—Homer Ocampo/Ann Arbor, MI, USA
-Ing Kapampangan "ala ng mas malibi pa kaya"
—Jimboy Maninang/Islington, London, England
-Ing Kapampangan "e na agyung e managkas king nyaman (putanaidanang anacputa nyaman na!)"
—Ludwig Dizon/Hong Kong
-Ing Kapampangan "e makapangan nung metung yamu ulam"
-Ing Kapampangan "balu meng tambing, king boses masikan"
-Ing Kapampangan "maski nuya munta,magbakal yang pamangan"
-Ing Kapampangan "mamilatan yang pate, ana, "mangan tapa"
-Ing Kapampangan "magpulung la, agad ng sabyan, "ting pamangan?"
-Ing Kapampangan "mamisita ya, ospital, bale, kampusantu, metung ing siguradu, e makalingwan, magbakal yang pamangan"
-Ing Kapampangan "ene paglibe king asawa ing Indu na"
-Ing Kapampangan "gang maranup ne, muna la ring bisita"
—Maria Sinukwan/Arayat, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "KAPAMu, PAmaNGAN tamu kilala meto yatu!"
-Ing Kapampangan "atin ku pung singsing, kalakati, asung-asungan."
-Ing Kapampangan "Balen ku, Belen ku ngening Pasku."
-Ing Kapampangan "e ku mamako, e daka lalakwan."
—Tony Mercado Peña/Sasmuan, Pampanga, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "buklat me pusu,buklat me isip... manyampukaking lugud para kareng pengari ing sisibul!"
—Marilou Gueco-Lacson/Port Hueneme, CA, USA
-Ing Kapampangan "matula kung pagmaragul ing Kapampangan ku"
—Mayette S. Manuel/Qatar/Floridablanca, Pampanga
-Ing Kapampangan "ing kanakung kalulugalan pitutuknangan"
—Joel Pabustan Mallari/Bamban, Tarlac, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "ustung mebigla ya mangapanagkas ya"
-Ing Kapampangan "magmalun ya mamanagkas ya rin"
-Ing Kapampangan "matula ya, tanaydana, managkas yarin"
-Ing Kapampangan "yang maski ng panamdaman na managkas ya!"
—Maria Sinukwan/Arayat, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "kukulam ampo puputakti la king Pampanga, lawen yu man"
-Ing Kapampangan "masyas terminu, pero manyampukaki king lugud"
—Tina Mendoza Mercado/Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "mamangan karneng asu at sabo insektu"
—Dean Ochoa/Italy
-Ing Kapampangan "e makapangan alang tiltilan"
-Ing Kapampangan "manggigut ya bayang milako kabsi"
-Ing Kapampangan "atin mung atin makasyang lulutung pamangan"
—Maria Sinukwan/Arayat, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "mapaglutu, mapamatula, maporma!"
-Ing Kapampangan "mapatotobits, mapa5stars, malyari ya!"
-Ing Kapampangan "pagmaragul na quing pusu at isip"
-Ing Kapampangan "nokarin kuman maglakbe Capampangan cu!"
—Marilou Gueco-Lacson/Port Hueneme, CA. 93041 USA
-Ing Kapampangan "mayabang ya, pero biyasa yang makiyabe"
—Mayette S. Manuel/Quatar
-Ing Kapampangan "mate ya ing barag keng kayang asbuk"
-Ing Kapampangan "palaging pamangan, pamangan, pamangan"
—Iris Agnes Pineda Samia/Macau
-Ing Kapampangan "ding magaling magluto at mangalagung dalaga"
—Mellisa Catacutan Ganon/Israel
-Ing Kapampangan "subukan mu pa mu, bamung abalu"
—Rolando S Barrera/Sta.Rita, Pampanga, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "agyang misan ya malumod ene bili ing pakabog!"
—Efren M Mandap/Sta.Rita, Minalin, Pampanga, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "daya yang asu, matapang ya nanu mang laban"
—nANuTKAYI--anut!!!!/Riverside
-Ing Kapampangan "a babae manyaman yang dili (maglutu)"
—Borge Nacup/Shinsa-Dong Kangnam-Ku, Seoul, Korea
-Ing Kapampangan "putu seku, tabang talangka, buru't kamaru"
—Bo Mercado/Atiu ku pa murin keti
-Ing Kapampangan "atin ya siguradung tabu king banyu"
—Crispin Jacob/Rue Saint-Philippe, Nice, France
-Ing Kapampangan "patingapun yang mag-paalam: bye-bye, sige, mingat..."
—Luisito D.Q. Salangad/Hawaii
-The Kapampangan is "every other fifth Beatle"
—Panfilo Jackson/Calibutbut, Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "almusal single, daing at gatas damulag"
—Efren Mandap/Saudi Arabia
-Ing Kapampangan "atiu ya keta nung nokarin maingye"
—Sol Legaspi/Arayat, Pampanga, Philippines
-Kapampangan is "mapaling nasi, kamatis, at ebun buru"
—John Bartolo Nuñez/Saipan
-Kapampangan is "eku rugu balu obat Kapampangan ku"
—Raoul T Planas/Wahid Hasyim, Jakarta
-Kapampangan is "eating, eating, eating, eating, eating, eating"
—Luz Martinez/Austria
-Ing Kapampangan (code of conduct for children:) "Muli, manimu, magsalol"
—Panfilo Jackson/Calibutbut, Bacolor, Pampanga, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "bie ne keka ing bie na"
—Beth Z. Burgos/Minalin, Pampanga, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "atiu king isip at king diwa'
—Anfy Arellano/Makati, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "yapin i Tatang a pagmaragul ku!"
—Marissa Theis
-Ing Kapampangan "balung-balu me, masigla ya angia nukarin!"
-Ing Kapampangan "anti yang musika king balugbug (kaluat ku na yata keti?)
-Ing Kapampangan "anti nemang tigri king kama!"
-Kapampangan is "indi taho, indi ayop . . . kafamfangan ya"
-Ing Kapampagan "pagmaragul na pang mekauala yang singsing"
-Ing Kapampangan "ipilit na ing kaya angiang bawal"
—Bo Mercado/ In the far oasis of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
-Ing Kapampangan "maporma ya angyang ala yang datung"
—Benjie Simbul, Jr/Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "siyempre malagu ya, tong"
-Kapampangan is "manuk a native lutung sale"
—Mike P./SSF, USA/Pulung Santol, Porac
-Ing Kapampangan "pop star ne ning mal a aldo"
—Jed 'Kid Disco' Viray/Dubai
-Kapampangan is "mekeni abe at mag kuentoan tamo"
—Francis Pineda/Architect, MAA/Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
-Kapampangan is "the world's #1 baduy!"
—Trip Yuson/West 4th St, NYC, USA
-Ing Kapampangan "eK!e apagpalit baguk ... nung buru? ...mmmm"
—Lorina Capitulo
-Kapampangan is "mayanman ing pindang atsaka tucino"
—Arnel DeLeon/San Francisco, California, USA
-Kapampangan is "a dog's best friend"
—Garbanzos Azucena/Lele Apu, Angeles City, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "manutang ya atin ya sang anda"
—Grace Misael/Sydney, Australia
-Kapampangan is "the language I was born to (so I love it)."
-Ing Kapampangan "yang amanung kegisingan, anya luguran taya."
—Manuel Jr. Soriano
-Ing Kapampangan "multu ne ning kayang milabas"
—Meynard Mallari/Sta Rita, Pampanga, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "ala yang kasing nyaman lugud"
—Ran Ramos
-Ing Kapampangan "matikas ya, mahilig yang miglas"
-Ing Kapampangan "masanting angiang ala yang laman a bulsa"
—Orlando Lacsamana/Canada
-Kapampangan is "always thinking you're better than yourself"
—Yves Magsino/Concepcion, Tarlac, Philippines
-Kapampangan is "I love fiesta. I love siesta"
—Perf Policarpio/UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philiipines
-Kapampangan is "bawal humihi dito"
—Ben Baluyut/Teopaco, City of San Fernando, Philippines
-Kapampangan is "i-talakad taya ing kekatang bandera"
—Abillo C. Pamintuan/Dau, Mabalacat, Pampanga, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "malibi ya pa king alas-kwatru"
—Pepe Guinto/Manila, Philippines
-Kapampangan is "mangan tana"
—James Domingo/Davao City, Philippines
-Kapampangan is "food X 6"
—Loret Supan/Capas, Tarlac, Philippines
-Ing Kapampangan "puru ya porma, kulang ya sustansya"
—Jovina Ramos/Minalin, Pampanga, Philippines
-Kapampangan is "Ben David. Long live Ben David!"
-Ing Kapampangan "mapag-maragul ya uling maragul ya"
-Kapampangan is "sunday home-cooking with the neighborhood"
-Ing Kapampangan angga yang tidwa kaybat tuluy-tuluy na"
-Kapampangan is "thinking out loud, talking out loud"
-Ing Kapampangan "peka-manyaman ya dili atian"
-Kapampangan is "saying I am sorry on national TV"
-Ing Kapampangan "tune yang masakit i-spellingan"
-Ing Kapampangan "Kapampangan ya pero ena balu bakit"
-Kapampangan is "the airs hap there"
—eK! staff/Pilipinas
