Where does “magbubuhis” come from?

magbubuhis (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano mag-, from Austronesian *maʀ-.

magbubuhis (Cebuano): a person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax as opposed to a nontaxpayer who is neither the subject nor the object of revenue laws

Definitions

  1. a person who is subject to, liable for, or pays tax as opposed to a nontaxpayer who is neither the subject nor the object of revenue laws

Ancestry of “magbubuhis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanomag-actor trigger verb prefix, infinitive form
2Austronesian*maʀ-—
Every word from Austronesian *maʀ- →Every word from Cebuano mag- →
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