Where does “magabun” come from?

magabun (Tausug) comes from German Gabun, from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabun.

magabun (Tausug): cloudy

Definitions

  1. cloudy

Ancestry of “magabun”, step by step

magabun traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Gabun

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanGabunGabon
2Proto-Austronesian*ʀabun—

via Tausug ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tausugma—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian *ʀabun →Every word from German Gabun →