Where does “bisan pag mangaupaw” come from?

bisan pag mangaupaw (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano pag.

bisan pag mangaupaw (Cebuano): come what may; by hook or by crook; no matter what happens or how much hardship it takes. (lit. even if I/we go bald trying)

Definitions

  1. come what may; by hook or by crook; no matter what happens or how much hardship it takes. (lit. even if I/we go bald trying)

Ancestry of “bisan pag mangaupaw”, step by step

bisan pag mangaupaw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano pag

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanopag

via Cebuano bisan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobisanalthough; though; even though; even if
Every word from Cebuano pag
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