Etymology

Hukbalahap

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Tagalog Hukbalahap ← Spanish Japón ← Portuguese Japãobor.?
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The story

  1. Hokkien服務 /服务 (ho̍k-bū)
  2. Tagaloghukbo
  3. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*balay
  4. Proto-Philippine*balay
  5. Tagalogbahay
  6. Tagalogbahayan
  7. Tagalogbayan
  8. Tagaloghukbong bayan
  9. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*laban
  10. Tagaloglaban
  11. Proto-Austronesian*sa
  12. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sa
  13. Tagalogsa
  14. Hokkien日本 (Ji̍t-pún)
  15. MalayJepang
  16. PortugueseJapãobor.?
  17. SpanishJapón
  18. TagalogHapon
  19. TagalogHukbong Bayan Laban sa Haponsyl. abbr.
  20. TagalogHukbalahap
  21. English todayHukbalahap

Borrowed from Tagalog Hukbalahap.

Words from the same roots

TagalogHukbalahap all →

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