Where does “pulahan” come from?
pulahan (Tagalog) comes from Cebuano pulahan, from Cebuano pula, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pula — red.
pulahan (Tagalog): a member of a religious group in the Visayas that followed a syncretic form of Catholicism, mixed with ancient Filipino animist beliefs before the Philippine Revolution
Definitions
- a member of a religious group in the Visayas that followed a syncretic form of Catholicism, mixed with ancient Filipino animist beliefs before the Philippine Revolution
Ancestry of “pulahan”, step by step
pulahan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Cebuano pulahan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cebuano | pulahan | a member of a religious group in the Visayas that followed a syncretic form of Catholicism, mixed with ancient Filipino animist beliefs before the Philippine Revolution |
| 2 | Cebuano | pula | red; having red as its color; the color red; the... |
| 3 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *pula | red |
via Tagalog pula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pula | red; egg yolk; adverse criticism; act of finding... |