lubong tapos

Cebuano

Etymology

lubong +‎ tapos

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: lu‧bong‧ta‧pos

Adjective

lubong tapos

1. having the day of funeral and last day of the novena fall on the same day

Noun

lubong tapos

1. an instance where the funeral and last day of the novena fall on the same day

Usage notes

Scheduling delays cause the two events to not coincide, e.g., availability of a burial spot in old cemeteries, of a priest and a delayed start of novena due to personal preference of the bereaved or on the first day of the month. Superstition holds novenas for the dead should not run between two months to avoid successive deaths within the family.