EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to leave (a place)...
prone to being clumsy/mischievous, fidgety...
skillful, excellent; recovered, healed...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/li-KA-san/
FIL: Ang pag-alis o paglisan mula sa isang tiyak na lugar o pook, kadalasan dahil sa panganib o pagbabago.
EN: to leave (a place)
The dramatic version of "umalis." You don't just 'likasan' your office after your shift. You 'likasan' a place that has been hit by a typhoon, or a home full of bad memories. It implies a more significant, often permanent, departure. It's the verb for when you ghost everyone and move to a new city to start over.
From the root "likas" as in "lumikas" (to evacuate). The verb "likasan" is the object-focus form, meaning to evacuate or depart from a specific place.
"Likasan" (object-focus) means to leave a place. "Lumikas" (actor-focus) means to evacuate or flee. The place being left is the object.
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🇵🇭 Kinailangang likasan ng mga residente ang kanilang mga bahay dahil sa pagbaha.
🇺🇸 The residents had to leave their homes because of the flood.
🇵🇭 Mahirap likasan ang bayang iyong sinilangan.
🇺🇸 It is difficult to depart from the town where you were born.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.