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Vowel length: Tagalog pána < Sanskrit bäna, 'arrow' (¨ shows length)

Vowel Quality: Tagalog kati < Sanskrit koti, 'ten millions'

Consonantal Changes: Tagalog dalága < Sanskrit därika, 'young girl' Loss of Aspiration: Tagalog dalá < Sanskrit dhära, 'bear a burden'

Haplology: Tagalog sakáli < Sanskrit sahakala, 'perhaps'

Narrowing: Tagalog tála, 'the morning star, Venus' <Sanskrit tärä, 'star'

Widening: Tagalog mása, 'time, epoch, season' < Sanskrit mäsa, 'month'

Synecdoche: Tagalog búti, 'beauty' < Sanskrit bhüti, 'adornment'

Amelioration: Tagalog bathálà, 'Supreme God' < Sanskrit bhattära, 'noble lord'

Pejoration: Tagalog bandahalí, 'housekeeper' < Sanskrit bhandära, 'treasurer'

budhî "conscience" from the Sanskrit bodhi
dalita "one who suffers" from the Sanskrit dharita
dukhâ "poverty" from the Sanskrit dukkha
guró "teacher" from the Sanskrit guru
sampalataya "faith" from the Sanskrit sampratyaya
mukhâ "face" from the Sanskrit mukha
lahò "eclipse", "disappear" from the Sanskrit rahu
maharlika "noble" from Sanskrit mahardikka
saranggola "kite" from Sanskrit layang gula (via Malay)
asawa "spouse" from Sanskrit swami
bagay "thing" from Tamil "vagai"
talà "star" from Sanskrit tala
puto, a traditional rice pastry, from Tamil puttu (via Malay)
Kapampangan
kalma "fate" from the Sanskrit karma
damla "divine law" from the Sanskrit dharma
mantala -"magic formulas" from the Sanskrit mantra
upaya "power" from the Sanskrit upaya
lupa "face" from the Sanskrit rupa
sabla "every" from the Sanskrit sarva
lawu "eclipse" from the Sanskrit rahu
Galura "giant eagle (a surname)" from the Sanskrit garuda
Laksina "south" (a surname) from the Sanskrit dakshin
Laksamana/Lacsamana/Laxamana "admiral" (a surname) from the Sanskrit lakshmana

budaya "culture" from Sanskrit; combination of boddhi, "virtue" and dhaya, "power"
balita "news" from Sanskrit varta
baya "warning to someone in danger" from Sanskrit bhaya
diwata "goddess" from Sanskrit devata
gadya "elephant" from Sanskrit gajha
puasa "fasting" from Sanskrit upavasa
saksí "witness" from Sanskrit saksi

karahay a cooking pan similar to the Chinese wok, from the Sanskrit karahi
tura the word meaning "to write" came from the Sanskrit sutra meaning literature or scripture
kapo the word cotton from Sanskrit kerpas

Sunday, August 28, 2016