Save Gender Feminine Usage Philippine Mythology Scripts ᜋᜄᜈ᜔ᜇ(Baybayin) Pronounced Pron. /ma.ɡan.ˈda/(Tagalog) [key·simplify] Meaning & History Means "beautiful" in Tagalog. In Philippine mythology, she and Malakas were the first humans. They were said to have sprung from a large bamboo tree pecked by a sarimanok (mythical bird) known as Magaulancealabarca.