Where does “buligan” come from?

buligan (Hiligaynon) comes from Hiligaynon bulig, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliR.

buligan (Hiligaynon): to aid, to help

Definitions

  1. to aid, to help

Ancestry of “buligan”, step by step

buligan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Hiligaynon bulig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonbuligaid, help
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*buliR—

via Hiligaynon an

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Hiligaynonan—
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buliR →Every word from Hiligaynon bulig →