Where does “bugas” come from?

bugas (Hiligaynon) comes from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas, from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas — rice.

bugas (Hiligaynon): milled rice, white rice; pimple; to hull rice

Definitions

  1. milled rice, white rice; pimple; to hull rice

Ancestry of “bugas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Malayo-Polynesianbəʀasrice
2Proto-Austronesianbəʀasrice
Every word from Proto-Austronesian bəʀas →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian bəʀas →