Where does “walay tugpa” come from?

walay tugpa (Cebuano) comes from Cebuano wala, from Austronesian *wada, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada — to be.

walay tugpa (Cebuano): sleepless; high; intoxicated by psychoactive...

Definitions

  1. sleepless; high; intoxicated by psychoactive...

Ancestry of “walay tugpa”, step by step

walay tugpa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Cebuano wala

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanowalaindicates the nonexistence or absence of something; there is none, no one, nothing
2Austronesian*wada—
3Proto-Malayo-Polynesianwadato be

via Cebuano tugpa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Cebuanotugpato land; to touch down; to sleep, especially...
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian wada →Every word from Austronesian *wada →Every word from Cebuano wala →