Where does “higa” come from?

higa (Tagalog) comes from Japanese 比嘉, from Okinawan 比嘉.

higa (Tagalog): lying down; time of going to bed; To lie down

Definitions

  1. lying down; time of going to bed; To lie down

Ancestry of “higa”, step by step

higa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 比嘉

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese比嘉—
2Okinawan比嘉—

via Proto-Philippine *hidəʀáq

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*hidəʀáq—

Words derived from “higa”

Every word from Okinawan 比嘉 →Every word from Japanese 比嘉 →