Where does “bughaw lunhaw” come from?

bughaw lunhaw (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano bughaw, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)biʀaw — blue.

bughaw lunhaw (Cebuano): the color aqua

Definitions

  1. the color aqua

Ancestry of “bughaw lunhaw”, step by step

bughaw lunhaw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano bughaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanobughawof the colour blue; the color blue
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian(ma-)biʀawblue

via Cebuano lunhaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanolunhawof the color green
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian (ma-)biʀaw →Every word from Cebuano bughaw →
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