Where does “tuba'” come from?

tuba' (Tausug) comes from Proto-Philippine *tubaq — wine (made from coconuts, rice, etc.).

tuba' (Tausug): wine; toddy (made from plants, e.g. coconut, nipa, or commonly known as tuba)

Definitions

  1. wine; toddy (made from plants, e.g. coconut, nipa, or commonly known as tuba)

Ancestry of “tuba'”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Philippine*tubaqwine (made from coconuts, rice, etc.)
Every word from Proto-Philippine *tubaq