Where does “dila ray way labod” come from?
dila ray way labod (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano dila, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian dilaq, from Proto-Austronesian dilaq, from Proto-Austroasiatic *dilaq.
dila ray way labod (Cebuano): Extremely battered; severely beaten up; covered in welts from head to toe. Used to describe a person who has received such a thorough physical thrashing that the only part of their body left unharmed is their tongue
Definitions
- Extremely battered; severely beaten up; covered in welts from head to toe. Used to describe a person who has received such a thorough physical thrashing that the only part of their body left unharmed is their tongue
Ancestry of “dila ray way labod”, step by step
dila ray way labod traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano dila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | dila | the tongue; to lick; the tongue; the flap of... |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | dilaq | tongue |
| 3 | Proto-Austronesian | dilaq | — |
| 4 | Proto-Austroasiatic | *dilaq | — |
via Cebuano wala
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | wala | indicates the nonexistence or absence of something; there is none, no one, nothing |
| 2 | Austronesian | *wada | — |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | wada | to be |
via Cebuano ra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | ra | after the first word of a sentence only, just, nothing else |