kinabukasan
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From obsolete kabukasan (“the following day”) + -in-, itself from bukas (“tomorrow”) + ka- -an.
Can be interpreted as bukas + kina- -an.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kinábukásan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜊᜓᜃᜐᜈ᜔)
- future
- Synonym: hinaharap
- the following day
- (figurative) hope (in the future)
- Synonym: pag-asa
- (colloquial, figurative, euphemistic) manhood, usually when something bad happens
- Synonym: ari
- Halos matanggalan ng kinabukasan si Jose nang siya'y makanto kanina.
- Jose almost lost his manhood after it hit a corner a while ago.
See also edit
Adverb edit
kinábukásan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜊᜓᜃᜐᜈ᜔)
Verb edit
kinábukásan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜊᜓᜃᜐᜈ᜔)
Further reading edit
- “kinabukasan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “kinabukasan”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024