EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be the source of one's livelihood...
to retrieve from water; to lift from a lower posit...
air conditioner...
Pang-uri
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/i-ka-BU-hay/
FIL: Maging sanhi o paraan ng pagpapatuloy ng buhay, karaniwan sa aspetong pangkabuhayan o pinagkukunan ng kita.
EN: to be the source of one's livelihood
This is your 'why' for waking up at 5 AM for your BPO shift or setting up your online shop. It's what you do to pay the bills, buy milk tea, and fund your K-drama subscriptions. Your 'raket' is your 'pinagkakakitaan' which is your 'ikabubuhay'.
From 'i-' (causative prefix) + 'ka-' (causative prefix) + 'buhay' (life).
ROOT MEANING: life
Often used in its future tense form 'ikabubuhay' or past tense 'ikinabuhay' to refer to a means of living.
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🇵🇭 Ang pagtitinda ng isda ang ikinabuhay ng kanilang pamilya sa loob ng maraming taon.
🇺🇸 Selling fish was what their family used as a livelihood for many years.
🇵🇭 Kailangan kong maghanap ng trabahong ikabubuhay ko.
🇺🇸 I need to find a job that will be my source of livelihood.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.