kwarenta

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Cebuano

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Cebuano numbers (edit)
400[a], [b], [c], [d]
 ←  30  ←  39 40 41  → [a], [b] 50  → [a], [b]
4[a], [b]
    Cardinal: kap-atan, kaupátan
    Spanish cardinal: kuwarénta, (informal) kwarénta

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: kwa‧ren‧ta

Etymology 1

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From Spanish cuarenta, from Latin quadrāgintā, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥̄ḱomt, from earlier *kʷetwr̥-dḱomt (four-ten).

Numeral

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kwarenta

  1. forty

Etymology 2

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Short for kwarenta diyas.

Noun

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kwarenta

  1. the fortieth day after a person's death, preceded by nine novena days, where a requiem mass is celebrated and a party is held for the deceased
Usage notes
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  • Paralleling, and as remembrance of, Christ's ascension, it is supposedly the day the deceased person's soul ascends to heaven.

Quotations

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:kwarenta.