kwarenta

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• (dated) kuwarenta

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: kwa‧ren‧ta

Etymology 1

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

Numeral

kwarenta

1. forty

Etymology 2

Short for kwarenta diyas.

Noun

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. Paralleling, and as remembrance of, Christ's ascension, it is supposedly the day the deceased person's soul ascends to heaven.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:kwarenta.