panagladingit. panagbiag. panagyaman.

Ma. Asuncion Damasco Abaya 15 August 1938 – 06 July 2010 Nagsamneng. Daytoy ti sungbat ni mamang idi damagen diay doctor no ania ti marikrikna na.  Nagsamneng met ti balikas a kanayun a mangeg ko kaniana tunggal agalenna ti sakit a marikriknana.  Ti ammok, maysa a kadaanan a termino nga us-usaren laeng dagiti naun-una nga [...]

“samneng” (painful)

Samneng is apparently an Iloco word meaning painful or hurtful.  This was my mother’s reply to quote “nagsamngeng dc” when her doctor asked her how she feels  six months ago when she was confined in a hospital for the first time in her life. I always hear the word from her as an expression of [...]