Where does “kabalian og hagdan” come from?
kabalian og hagdan (Cebuano) comes from Tagalog hagdan, from Proto-Philippine *haʀdan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *haʀəzan — ladder.
kabalian og hagdan (Cebuano): to be highly elitist, snobbish, or aloof; to look down on or refuse to associate with people deemed inferior. This idiom may have originally been refering to a woman who is difficult to please, particularly in the context of rejecting romantic suitors
Definitions
- to be highly elitist, snobbish, or aloof; to look down on or refuse to associate with people deemed inferior. This idiom may have originally been refering to a woman who is difficult to please, particularly in the context of rejecting romantic suitors
Ancestry of “kabalian og hagdan”, step by step
kabalian og hagdan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog hagdan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | hagdan | stairs |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | *haʀdan | ladder |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *haʀəzan | ladder |
via Cebuano og
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | og | Indefinite article, used as object marker for... |