Where does “pulahan” come from?

pulahan (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano pula, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula — red.

pulahan (Cebuano): a member of a religious group in the Visayas that followed a syncretic form of Catholicism, mixed with ancient Filipino animist beliefs before the Philippine Revolution

Definitions

  1. a member of a religious group in the Visayas that followed a syncretic form of Catholicism, mixed with ancient Filipino animist beliefs before the Philippine Revolution

Ancestry of “pulahan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanopulared; having red as its color; the color red; the...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pulared

Words derived from “pulahan”

Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula →Every word from Cebuano pula →