lumad

[ˈluː.mɐd̪̚]

Etymology

Borrowed from Cebuano lumad (“native”).

lumad means of, or pertaining to the said group. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

lumad is pronounced [ˈluː.mɐd̪̚].

adj

Any of the indigenous non-Muslim peoples of Mindanao in the Philippines.“The Mindanao Lumad are non-Muslim groups throughout the island, while in the Cordillera of northern Luzon there are roughly one million indigenous inhabitants belonging to seven major and several minor ethnolinguistic groups.”