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Originally Posted by Rafngard
Just to add to that, in the Waray-Waray speaking parts of Leyte/Samar that I visited last year (Specifically Carigara, Tacloban, Basay, and Santa Rita) people seemed to use the word "Sundang" in same way a Tagalog speaker would use "Bolo," as kind of a general term for blade. We talked to two different blade smiths (one in Carigara and one in Santa Rita) and this seemed to be the case.
I wish we'd bothered to ask Cebuano speakers, but alas, we did not.
Next trip.
Have fun,
Leif
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That's right- as of modern time, both the Warays and Cebuanos use "sundang" as a catch-all term for just about any blade
