Mangubat


title: "Mangubat" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["visayan-culture"] topic_path: "general/visayan-culture" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangubat" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

Mangubat is a Visayan, and old Tagalog word that means "to battle or combat".

according to Ifugao Tuwali language Mangubat refers to those who war against a group of people or country.

It is mentioned in Antonio de Morga's 1609 book Sucesos de las islas Filipinas:

:These Visayans are a race less inclined to agriculture, and are skilful in navigation, and eager for war and raids for pillage and booty, which they call "mangubat". This means "to go out for plunder."

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References

  1. (1711). "Vocabulario de la lengua Bisaya".
  2. (1610). "Arte y reglas de la lengua Tagala - originally published year 1610".
  3. (1754). "Vocabulario de la lengua Tagala trabaxado por varios sugetos doctos, y graves, y ultimamente añadido : corregido y coordinado por el P.Juan de Noceda y el Pedro de San Lucar.".
  4. "Compendio del arte de la lengua Tagala / por el padre Fr. Gaspar de S. Agustin (1650-1724)".
  5. Philippine On-Line Dictionary. "Search results for 'mang gubat'".
  6. Cebuano English Dictionary. "Search query: gubat".
  7. "Tuwali Ifugao Dictionary".
  8. Antonio de Morga. "History of the Philippine Islands".

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