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David · 27th November 2023, 05:02 PM

Well, weapons from the Philippines have always been a secondary interest for me so i'm sure i don't have all my terminology right. I had always assumed that "budiak" referred specifically to a particular form of Moro spear, not a general term for any spear from the Philippines (i have found "sibat" as a Filipino word for spear or spearhead). Can anyone trace this word for me and how it came to be applied to Filipino spears. Online dictionaries are very inadequate. I cannot find it as a Filipino word, though of course, there would be more specific tribal languages throughout the area. The word does appear in Malay as "Cultivate", though i can't quite see the connection there to a spearhead. Does anyone know the origin of the word in this context?

27th November 2023, 05:02 PM	#9
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,040	Well, weapons from the Philippines have always been a secondary interest for me so i'm sure i don't have all my terminology right. I had always assumed that "budiak" referred specifically to a particular form of Moro spear, not a general term for any spear from the Philippines (i have found "sibat" as a Filipino word for spear or spearhead). Can anyone trace this word for me and how it came to be applied to Filipino spears. Online dictionaries are very inadequate. I cannot find it as a Filipino word, though of course, there would be more specific tribal languages throughout the area. The word does appear in Malay as "Cultivate", though i can't quite see the connection there to a spearhead. Does anyone know the origin of the word in this context? Last edited by David; 28th November 2023 at 04:10 AM.