copper alloys (brass, bronze)

[Christopher Sundita]

David Mead <david_mead at sil.org> wrote:    has about this same range of usage as Malay tembaga -- though it would be good if someone could confirm this for me.
  Tagalog has tumbaga too and had wondered where it came from.  I checked the Real Academia Español's dictionary at http://buscon.rae.es/draeI/  and it turns out it's a Spanish word from Arabic tunbak.    So I wonder if Tagalog got it from Spanish or Malay.  
   
  --Chris Sundita
  http://salitablog.blogspot.com 

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