Where does “pagkausug” come from?

pagkausug (Tausug) comes from Tagalog pagka, from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin — neocolonialism.

pagkausug (Tausug): manhood; masculinity

Definitions

  1. manhood; masculinity

Ancestry of “pagkausug”, step by step

pagkausug traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tagalog pagka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tagalogpagkaif
2Tagalogpagkamakabagunsakupinneocolonialism

via Tausug usug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tausugusugman, male
Every word from Tagalog pagkamakabagunsakupin →Every word from Tagalog pagka →