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Etymology
Borrowed from (c. 16th-18th century) Early Modern Spanish pobre (“poor”), an earlier borrowing that underwent metathesis. Doublet of pobre.
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Noun
pulubi (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜎᜓᜊᜒ)
- pauper; beggar; mendicant
- Synonyms: nanlilimos, tanglo, dukha, mendigo, maralita, abukanin
Usage notes
- According to Fr. Pedro de San Buena Ventura (1613), a pulubi refers to a mendicant and therefore, poorer than a dukha.
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