LINGG MONTH 2026 | Expressing Home: A Roundtable Discussion
- Date: 23 Sep 2026 | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Home Sweet…Ano? Bahay, Tirahan, at Tahanan
Divine Angeli P. Endriga
Abstract
This study unpacks the meanings and uses of the Filipino terms tahanan, bahay, and tirahan, all of which are closely associated with the place where one lives. Despite their close relationship, differences in their definitions, morphological structures, and contexts of use point to distinctions in the concepts they convey. The three terms are examined comparatively to identify their shared meanings and the contexts in which their uses diverge. This comparison brings to light nuances that may be overlooked when the terms are treated as interchangeable synonyms, offering a more detailed account of the ways these related concepts are expressed and used in Filipino.
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Divine Angeli P. Endriga is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Linguistics, University of the Philippines-Diliman. She has finished her BA & MA Linguistics degrees in the same institution, and is currently working on her dissertation on the verbal affixation patterns of Tagalog for her PhD in Linguistics. Her research interests and publications are in the fields of typology (structure of Philippine languages), verbal morphosyntax, language documentation, dialectology, Philippine lexicography, Filipino as a second/foreign language, translation, and cultural studies.
Uwi: What we mean when we ‘go home’
John Michael Vincent S. De Pano
Abstract
The Tagalog [tgl] term uwi, which means ‘go home,’ may be linked to the Proto-Philippine (PPh) reconstruction *uliq ‘go home; return (something).’ Its proposed cognates in other Philippine languages also contain other meanings like ‘to restore,’ ‘to return,’ ‘to revert,’ and ‘to quit,’ reflecting the history of meaning change from the oldest Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (PMP) reconstruction of *uliq ‘return home; return something; restore, repair; repeat; motion to and fro’ up to the [tgl] uwi ‘go home.’ This talk is a preliminary exploration of the possible semantic changes that have occurred in these words, as well as an initial inquiry into other semantically (and structurally?) related terms.
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John Michael Vincent S. De Pano is currently an Instructor at the Department of Linguistics of the University of the Philippines Diliman, where he also finished his BA and MA degrees in Linguistics. His research interests include language documentation, morphosyntax, Japanese language teaching, and experimental linguistics. He is a member of The Katig Collective, an initiative which seeks to advance the rights of the ethnolinguistic groups in the Philippines.