Where does “pulaw” come from?
pulaw (Tagalog) comes from Tagalog dilaw, from Proto-Philippine dilaw.
pulaw (Tagalog): watching at night over a sick or dead person
Definitions
- watching at night over a sick or dead person
Ancestry of “pulaw”, step by step
pulaw traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Tagalog dilaw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | dilaw | yellow; "Curcuma longa" and its roots used for... |
| 2 | Proto-Philippine | dilaw | — |
via Tagalog pula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tagalog | pula | red; egg yolk; adverse criticism; act of finding... |
| 2 | Proto-Malayo-Polynesian | *pula | red |
via Proto-Philippine *pulaw
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Philippine | *pulaw | — |