Where does “pagibang-damara” come from?

pagibang-damara (Tagalog) comes from English Damara, from Malay damar, from Proto-Malayic damar, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian damaʀ — tree resin used in torches.

pagibang-damara (Tagalog): a festival in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija wherein the people celebrate to give thanks for a good harvest

Definitions

  1. a festival in San Jose City, Nueva Ecija wherein the people celebrate to give thanks for a good harvest

Ancestry of “pagibang-damara”, step by step

pagibang-damara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English Damara

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDamaraA native of Damaraland
2Malaydamarresin
3Proto-Malayicdamarresin
4Proto-Malayo-Polynesiandamaʀtree resin used in torches

via Tagalog giba

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagaloggibadestruction; demolition
Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian damaʀEvery word from Proto-Malayic damarEvery word from Malay damar