> I'm not sure if such Indian words are from Pali or Sanskrit,
> probably both... But indeed there has definitely been quite a few
> borrowings from Indian languages into Tagalog.
>
> I know 'gurô' (teacher), 'dukhâ' (poor/suffering), and
> 'budhî' (conscience) are some of these Indic words in Tagalog.
> Maybe 'mukhâ' too. Unfortunately, the dictionaries I have have no
> etymology.
>
> There was a Hindu empire that may have extended into Philippine
> territory in the ancient past. It was known as Sri Vijaya. The
> middle islands of the Philippines are today referred to as
> the "Visayas." The Philippines had a polytheistic religion before
> the Spaniards came, but different from Hinduism:
>
>
http://planetvix.tripod.com/guniguni/filrel.html
>
> Cheers!
> --Viktoro