Where does “mamula” come from?

mamula (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog pula, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula — red.

mamula (Tagalog): to turn blood red

Definitions

  1. to turn blood red

Ancestry of “mamula”, step by step

mamula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pula

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpulared; egg yolk; adverse criticism; act of finding...
2Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*pulared

via Proto-Kartvelian mam-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartvelianmam-father
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula →Every word from Tagalog pula →