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Latest comment: 2 years ago by Mlgc1998 in topic Etymology

Etymology

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@Mlgc1998 If it's "your burden", isn't that "bahala mo", not "bahala ka"? --Mar vin kaiser (talk) 11:27, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply

@Mar vin kaiser maybe the literal meaning could be "you (are with) burden", since the word "burden" alone might not fully convey the current part of speech being used here now since the meaning has since shifted throughout the centuries to the current meaning of responsible. The old meaning of burden in this phrase could be literally "you (are with) burden" or the equivalent adjective form of burden or a better sort of grammatical way in English. Anyways, it's what Potet put in his book, besides "a particular weight" or "load" or "weight" or "charge" or "responsibility" or "a hundred million" at page 276 & 55 Mlgc1998 (talk) 13:07, 1 June 2022 (UTC)Reply