kinabukasan

Tagalog

Etymology

From kabukasan (“obsolete: the following day”) +‎ -in-, itself from ka- +‎ bukas (“tomorrow”) +‎ -an.
Can be interpreted as ka- +‎ -in- +‎ bukas +‎ -an or kina- +‎ bukas +‎ -an.

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ki‧na‧bu‧ka‧san
  • IPA(key): /kiˌnabuˈkasan/, [kɪˌna.bʊˈxa.sɐn]

Noun

kinábukásan (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜒᜈᜊᜓᜃᜐᜈ᜔)

  1. future
    Synonym: hinaharap
  2. the following day
  3. (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.

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