Where does “bughaw-langit” come from?
bughaw-langit (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog langit, from Tagalog -um-, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian -um-, from Proto-Austronesian -um- — inflectional infix marking actor voice.
bughaw-langit (Tagalog): sky blue
Definitions
- sky blue
Ancestry of “bughaw-langit”, step by step
bughaw-langit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog langit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | langit | sky; heaven |
| 2 | Tagalog | -um- | Infix form of um- |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | -um- | inflectional affix marking actor voice |
| 4 | Proto-Austronesian | -um- | inflectional infix marking actor voice |
via Tagalog bughaw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | bughaw | blue; blue-colored; faded in color; blue; azure |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | (ma-)biʀaw | blue |