Root word of the name cebu

[organizedchaos]

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nara sa bugan ni linogzkie ang root word sa cebu.......

pakpak nasad ko idol pangos beh.... sakto jud ka... share it linogzkie..

[CIAnako]

sebo diay na? sure jud ni?

[nomad]

unsa diay ang una...Cebu or Sugbo?

mostly ingon ani kay attributed to misunderstanding ra gyud na dayon...some spanish newcomer asking a native what the name of the place is..and the native telling them what they are doing at the time the question was posed...

kind of too lame.

or else daghan kaayo lugar nga ginganlan ug "unsa?"

that's what i read brah.

your skepticism is heartily welcomed.

[diday1019]

hehe.. katawa man ko uy. lalis nuon ang uban.

[coppermine]

original name

for shabu

[miyay]

not for the reward:

way back during the spanish colonials, some spanish soldiers chanced upon some native cebuanos melting animal fat and wax to make candles. the spanish soldiers asked the natives what they were doing in spanish, thinking they understood their language. the natives answered: Sebo!
(the spaniards asked them what the name of the place was)

thus the spaniards began calling the island Cebu.

this was taught in civics and culture class

[mets]

basin gilisdan ug litok ang spaniards ug sugbu mao cebu ila nahibaw-an..i think sugbu is referring to the sea current between mactan and mainland cebu "sug" (basin lang) then ang bu wako kahibaw aha na napunit..hehe...
ko ni researchon beh

[mets]

By: Celestino C. Macachor

Retracing our Past on Pandan Leaves – Pre-colonial Cebu

Legends and myth have been told about how the ancient name of Cebu City or as some old timers fondly call Sugbo originated. None of these versions so far have held up to the scrutiny of scholars and historians until Jovito Abellana published his book Bisaya Patronymesis Sri Visjaya where he extensively wrote about Aginid, Bayok sa atong Tawarik (Glide on, Odes to our History)[1]. The Aginid a discovery made by Jovito Abellana’s great grandfather is probably the only pre-colonial chronicle of the history of Cebu written in ancient alibata script on pandan leaves and other indigenous materials. Unfortunately most of the materials were lost in the subsequent upheaval that followed the Spanish defeat by Cebuano guerillas and the ensuing Filipino American War. Amidst strong support by some scholars to institutionalize the Aginid, the Cebu Normal University published it in 1998. Abellana wrote it in alibata (Cebuano hieroglyphic) form with an English translation. The Aginid tells of the fiery story of pre-colonial Cebu then known as Sugbo – which means scorched earth. This version on the origins of Sugbo, is important as it establishes the basic hypothesis why eskrima was invented in the first place – in defense against Moro invaders. And to add credence to the discovery of the Aginid by Jovito Abellana, other cognates of the word Sugbo can be found in the Cebuano lexicon such as: sugba – to grill, subu’ – to forge steel, sug-ang – set a cooking fire, sugnod – to burn. Let us go back to the story of how Sugbo got its name. In the olden times Sugbo (now present day Cebu City) was part of the island of Pulua Kang Dayang or Kangdaya. The ancient poem Diyandi tells us that so many hundred years ago natives had burned the town Sugbo as a way to drive away Muslim invaders from Mindanao. The natives would then flee to the mountains and later launch a counter offensive against the demoralized and exhausted invaders. The first ruler of Sugbo Sri Lumay who came from Sumatra successfully repulsed the invaders with his scorched earth tactics. Thus the place became known as Sugbo or scorched town. Jovito Abellana translated the Diyandi which was written in ancient alibata script and probably written during the time of Datu Tupas. It is a stirring chronicle of the story of the rich culture and colorful history of pre-colonial Cebu.

sa net gikan

[nomad]

this was taught in civics and culture class

hehehe. wa man ko kaagi sa school ani.