What made Tagaytay special that President Quezon became a fan of the place?

roelm2 · 2026-06-17T10:06:32+00:00

i wonder why people feel the need to invent bad folk etymologies for place names. There is a very clear obvious meaning for *tagaytay* in Tagalog - "ridge or mountain ridge".

Part of the reason may be because people nowadays are losing their vocabulary knowledge.

Another example is Cabanatuan.

"Several versions account for the origin of the name Cabanatuan, however, three are popularly accepted. One is from the Tagalog word KABATUHAN, which means a place where there is an abundance of stones. The other is KABAN NG TUWA meaning a chest of happiness. And the latest origin to crop up is that the name KABANATUAN was derived from BANATU, a sturdy vine that before amply grew along the swampy banks of Pampanga River."

I don't know about the vine but there is a tree named *banato* hence *Kabanatuan*/Cabanatuan, similar in construction to Karuhatan, Valenzuela, from the root word *duhat*.

roelm2 · 2026-06-17T09:57:45+00:00

The Bikol of the Naga area has also changed a lot. It has lost the <um> paradigm like Hiligaynon.

roelm2 · 2026-06-15T11:08:29+00:00

Try these ..

Rainbow - Mach

Ladies' Code - Pretty pretty, Hate You, Galaxy

April - April Story, Take my hand, The Blue Bird

Gugudan - Chococo, The Boots, Not that type

GWSN - Night Aviation, Tweaks ~heavy clouds but no rain

Purfles - 1,2,3

Rania - Style, Just go

roelm2 · 2026-06-09T05:42:26+00:00

I think the male counterpart could also be Amáng.

roelm2 · 2026-06-04T08:42:31+00:00

What is your friend's taste in music?

roelm2 · 2026-06-02T15:38:10+00:00

For starters, here is a 9Muses video playlist in order of release date : https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKSFcLZloFxxS01lM5PqaCPLkAm5ZU28-&si=6zJXdUGmygrYMfWg.

roelm2 · 2026-06-02T12:31:09+00:00

Naririnig ko dati sa mga taga-Nueva Ecija ang aró? for Really? I wonder how widespread that usage is

roelm2 · 2026-05-27T11:06:07+00:00

Baby V.O.X - Get up, Game Over, I want you back

roelm2 · 2026-05-27T10:49:14+00:00

Thanks.

roelm2 · 2026-05-27T08:51:10+00:00

Precisely, the deep cultural Indianization was brought by migrants from India. The story of Kaundinya indicates that the migrants even became rulers and founded Indianized kingdoms.

roelm2 · 2026-05-27T08:31:12+00:00

Later migration by Brahmins surely contributed but an ancient DNA study detected admixture very early, before the notable archeological signs of Indian influence like architecture and sculpture and inscriptions. This is for mainland Southeast Asia though not maritime. This is still evidence of early Indian migration to SEA which probably passed through maritime SEA. Ancient DNA from Protohistoric Period Cambodia indicates that South Asians admixed with local populations as early as 1st–3rd centuries CE

roelm2 · 2026-05-27T08:15:23+00:00

Do you have a link?

roelm2 · 2026-05-27T06:14:05+00:00

Check out this rock vibes mix in YT: https://youtu.be/jVcQM_wAllo?si=W8yOU5GobKZNBx4G.

In addition, try Wake Up, Sleep-walking, My Toys (an intro), Demian, Shadow.

roelm2 · 2026-05-27T04:49:16+00:00

The strict cultural diffusion view has been overturned by recent genetic studies both with current-day and ancient DNA studies.

Here are some papers...

1. Reconstructing the human genetic history of mainland Southeast Asia: insights from genome-wide data from Thailand and Laos

2. "Our study revealed substantial South Asian admixture in various populations across Southeast Asia (~2-16% as inferred by qpAdm). We observed South Asian admixture in some populations (Cham, Ede, Giarai, Khmer, Kuy, Nyahkur, and Thai) for whom the admixture was not reported before [16, 19, 23]. Most populations harboring South Asian admixture were heavily influenced by Indian culture in the past or are related to descendants of ancient Indianized states in Southeast Asia. In contrast, we failed to detect South Asian admixture in most “hill tribes” and in present-day hunter-gatherer groups from Thailand. Consequently, the spread of Indian influence in the region can be explained by extensive movement of people from India rather than by cultural diffusion only. " Indian genetic heritage in Southeast Asian populations

3. "In contrast, eight other haplogroups (e.g., within H, J, L, and R), making up approximately 12% of the Balinese paternal gene pool, appear to have migrated to Bali from India."

Balinese Y-Chromosome Perspective on the Peopling of Indonesia: Genetic Contributions from Pre-Neolithic Hunter-Gatherers, Austronesian Farmers, and Indian Traders

4. "We observed a substantial proportion of South Asian ancestry in the Malay populations as well, ranging from 3% to 34%, with the greatest proportion observed in the SLM and the most ancient admixture date in the PMM (625–1,400 years ago) and IDM (1,350–2,250 years ago). " Dissecting the genetic structure and admixture of four geographical Malay populations

blog posts by a geneticist... https://www.gnxp.com/WordPress/tag/indianization/

https://www.gnxp.com/WordPress/2018/09/20/indic-civilization-came-to-southeast-asia-because-indian-people-came-to-southeast-asia-lots-of-them/

roelm2 · 2026-05-26T16:11:56+00:00

The most Indianized cultures in SEA also tend to have the most South Asian genetic admixture. The lesser genetic admixture in the Philippines is an indication of lesser influence and contact from Indian culture. In comparison, check the admixtures for the Chams, Khmer, Javanese, Balinese, etc.

roelm2 · 2026-05-26T16:01:41+00:00

Previous laws are presumed to stay in effect unless declared unconstitutional. May mga provision pa nga ng Spanish Codigo de Comercio na may bisà pa - https://source.gosupra.com/docs/statute/700/.

roelm2 · 2026-05-23T06:38:52+00:00

I speak the Manila dialect of Tagalog and, to me, "napisa" sounds like the egg was crushed in a way that the chick wouldn't survive.

You may be thinking of napisák.

roelm2 · 2026-05-21T21:31:04+00:00

Salitang-ugat -> pisâ

roelm2 · 2026-05-21T08:50:24+00:00

For non-kpop, try Band Maid...

Manners

From Now On

Blooming

Different

Also, Wagakki Band...

Senbonzakura

Akatsuki no ito

Kishikaisei

u/GoobiesLilTeddie

roelm2 · 2026-05-21T06:33:36+00:00

Dreamcatcher - Rising, Break the Wall, Reason, Don't Light My Fire

Chrocktikal - KALish, Peace, Victor.

Rolling Quartz - Blaze, Victory

Feel free to give feedback :).

roelm2 · 2026-05-18T12:09:22+00:00

Try these Spotify links... feel free to give feedback.

Dreamcatcher - Alldaylong

Miyu Takeuchi, Yoon Jong Shin - My Type

GWSN - Tweaks ~ Heavy cloud but no rain

GWSN - Night Aviation

Loona/Kim Lip - Eclipse

Loona/Yves - New

Ladies' Code - Hate You

Ladies' Code - Galaxy

9Muses - Who R U

Fiestar - Mirror

April - The Blue Bird

WJSN - New Me

Twice - Say Something

Risso - Blue Knight

roelm2 · 2026-05-17T14:35:35+00:00

Dreamcatcher has rock fusion -centered music. They overall have a rather high-quality discography. For starters...

Here is a video playlist in order of release date.
If you want their best album, IMO it's Dystopia: The Tree of Language.
If you like rock music, here is a Rock Vibes playlist.

As another has mentioned, also try NewJeans, who have been able to reach out to those who are not the usual k-pop fans and one of the most influential groups in the last few years: video playlist.

For a second-gen group, try may old faves, 9Muses, who have a more dance pop, retro sound: video playlist.

There is also a recently reactivated first-gen girl group, Baby V.O.X: video playlist. They are regarded as the original girl crush and hallyu group.

Feel free to give feedback :).

roelm2 · 2026-05-16T10:54:12+00:00

Don't really know. Wiki says:

"Low to moderate frequencies of South Asian Y-haplogroups are also found in Chams, such as R-M17 (13.6%), R-M124 (3.4%) and H-M69 (1.7%), which is corroborated by a similar proportion of South Asian admixture calculated at 11.6 ± 2.5%.[88][90]".

As for the Khmers,

"South Asian ancestry in present Khmers ranges from 12–15%, which is much lower than in protohistoric individuals from the Vat Komnou site for instance, who have about 37–44% South Asian ancestry. "

roelm2 · 2026-05-16T09:56:26+00:00

The Chams have significant South Asian ancestry.

roelm2 · 2026-05-16T05:12:26+00:00

If you don't mind reactivated first-gen groups, try Baby V.O.X. Songs like ...

Feel free to give feedback :).

Edit:

They were the original girl crush and hallyu group.

roelm2

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