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Where does “kanluran” come from?

kanluran (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog kalunuran, from Tagalog lunod, from Proto-Philippine lunud.

kanluran (Tagalog): west

Definitions

  1. west

Ancestry of “kanluran”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogkalunuran—
2Tagaloglunodto drown
3Proto-Philippinelunud—

Words derived from “kanluran”

  • hilagang-kanluran
Every word from Proto-Philippine lunud →