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Where does “puli-puli” come from?
puli-puli (Bikol Central) comes from Bikol Central puli, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *puliq.
Ancestry of “puli-puli”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Bikol Central
puli
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2
Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
*puliq
—
Words derived from “puli-puli”
magpuli-puli
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