calques in Philippine languages

[Christopher Allen Sundita]

Hi Piers,

What comes to mind right now is that I suspect "buong araw" (whole
day) and "buong gabi" (whole night) are calques.  The non-calque
versions are "maghapon" and "magdamag." I've heard the calque versions
from heritage Tagalog learners at my university so I assumed at first
was an L2 error, but I started hearing it from L1 Tagalog speakers.

I agree with you about the greetings.  I remember greeting a Tausug
informant with "Marayaw Adlaw" (Good Day) and she wasn't happy that I
used that because she said it wasn't "correct" Tausug and those
Tausugs who are using it are copying Tagalog.

Anyway, interesting question I'll think of some more and pass them on
to you. I think there are a lot.

--Chris Sundita

-- 
Christopher Sundita
UW Alumnus, Linguistics (2011)
Data Specialist, Google


On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 1:42 PM, Piers Kelly <Piers.Kelly at anu.edu.au> wrote:
> Hi AN-langers,
> This is a question I have asked colleagues and posted to linguist list with
> varied responses:
>
> Can anyone identify plausible calques of Spanish or English phrases in
> Philippine languages?
>
> This is my list of what I assume to be clear calques:
> Visayan:
> Ginuu ku from Spanish ¡Dios mio!
> Matag karun ug unya  from English 'Every now and then'
> Mas ... [adj] sa ... from Spanish Más ...  [adj] que... ('more s.t. than
> s.t')
>
> Tagalog:
> Mas ... [adj] kay ... from Spanish Más ...  [adj] que... ('more s.t. than
> s.t')
>
> I take the view that the following a calques but others have disagreed or
> are uncertain:
>
> Visayan:
> Daghan salamat from Spanish Muchas gracias
> Maayung buntag/hapun/gabii from Spanish Buenos/as dias/tardes/noches
>
> Tagalog:
> Maraming salamat from Spanish Muchas gracias
> Magandang umaga/hapon/gabii from Spanish Buenos/as dias/tardes/noches

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