Where does “mambugaw” come from?

mambugaw (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog bugaw, from Proto-Philippine buRaw.

mambugaw (Tagalog): to scare away; to shoo; to exploit someone into...

Definitions

  1. to scare away; to shoo; to exploit someone into...

Ancestry of “mambugaw”, step by step

mambugaw traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog bugaw

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogbugawact of driving away or shooing animals; pimp,...
2Proto-PhilippinebuRaw—

via Proto-Kartvelian mam-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartvelianmam-father
Every word from Proto-Philippine buRaw →Every word from Tagalog bugaw →
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