From root: banda
Usage Note
Bandang is used to specify an approximate time or general direction. For example, bandang hapon means around the afternoon and bandang kanan means roughly to the right.
Examples
" Uuwi ako bandang gabi. "
Natural Translation
I'll go home around nighttime.
Literal Translation
Will-go-home I around night.
" Darating sila bandang alas-sais. "
Natural Translation
They will arrive around six o'clock.
Literal Translation
Will-arrive they around six o'clock.
" Kung bandang umaga ka aalis, mas maganda dahil mas kaunti ang trapik at hindi ka mahuhuli sa biyahe. "
Natural Translation
If you leave around morning, it's better because there's less traffic and you won't be late for the trip.
Literal Translation
If around morning you leave, more good because more few the traffic and not you late in trip.
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