Where does “abala” come from?

abala (Hanunoo) comes from Proto-Philippine abala — to bother, disturb, annoy or inconvenience someone.

abala (Hanunoo): bother; molestation

Definitions

  1. bother; molestation

Ancestry of “abala”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippineabalato bother, disturb, annoy or inconvenience someone

Words derived from “abala”

Every word from Proto-Philippine abala →