Talk:bakulaw

Bakulaw could not have meant Ape

It is more likely that bakulaw refers to the orangutan, which they may have encountered in South East Asia, since ancient Filipinos were sea-farers. It is also unlikely that it means "ape", a generic word for tail-less hominids, since that level of abstraction is not yet present in old Tagalog plus they haven't seen that many species of apes to have a generic word for it. In fact, the oranguatan is probably the only ape ever encountered by old Tagalog speakers. 110.54.161.210 09:11, 1 August 2024 (UTC)