kinabukasan
Tagalog
editEtymology
editFrom obsolete kabukasan (“the following day”) + -in-, itself from bukas (“tomorrow”) + ka- -an.
Can be interpreted as bukas + kina- -an.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /kiˌnabuˈkasan/ [kɪˌn̪aː.bʊˈxaː.sɐn̪]
- Rhymes: -asan
- Syllabification: ki‧na‧bu‧ka‧san
Noun
editkinábukásan (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
editAdverb
editkinábukásan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜊᜓᜃᜐᜈ᜔)
Verb
editkinábukásan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜊᜓᜃᜐᜈ᜔)
Further reading
edit- “kinabukasan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “kinabukasan”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
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- Tagalog terms infixed with -in-
- Tagalog terms circumfixed with ka- -an
- Tagalog terms circumfixed with kina- -an
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- Rhymes:Tagalog/asan
- Rhymes:Tagalog/asan/5 syllables
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