WikiWord

Dupaningan Agta

bilu

noun

Meaning

  1. widow; widower

Etymology / origin

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *balu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balu. Compare Central Bikol balo, Tagalog balo and Tausug balu.

  1. balu(Tausug)→
  2. balo(Tagalog)→
  3. balo(Central Bikol)→
  4. *balu(poz-pro)→
  5. *balu(phi-pro)→
  6. *balu(phi-pro)→
  7. bilu (Dupaningan Agta)
  8. Relations: inh, inh, inh, cog, cog, cog

Related words

*balu(phi-pro)*balu(poz-pro)balo(Central Bikol)balo(Tagalog)balu(Tausug)

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