Where does “bulangan” come from?

bulangan (Maguindanao) comes from Maguindanao bulang, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaŋ — moon.

bulangan (Maguindanao): cockpit

Definitions

  1. cockpit

Ancestry of “bulangan”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maguindanaobulangmetal cockspur
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*bulaŋmoon
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bulaŋ →Every word from Maguindanao bulang →