pangangaluluwa

Tagalog

Etymology

From pang- +‎ kaluluwa with initial reduplication. Compare Pangasinan panagkamarerwa. See also English souling and English trick-or-treating.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /paˌŋaŋaluluˈa/ [pɐˌŋaː.ŋɐ.lʊˈlwa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: pa‧nga‧nga‧lu‧lu‧wa

Noun

pangángaluluwá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅᜅᜎᜓᜎᜓᜏ)

1. serenading of homes asking for alms while pretending to be souls temporarily released from purgatory on the eve of All Saints' Day

Related terms

• mangaluluwa

See also

• pananapatan
• Todos los Santos

Further reading

• “pangangaluluwa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018