guhit-palad
guhit-palád with stress marks
fate
Usage Note
Guhit-palad literally means 'line of the palm' and refers to one's fate or destiny as if written in the lines of the hand. It is a poetic compound used in literary and philosophical discourse, evoking the Filipino belief in a predestined life course.
Examples
" Tanggap ko ang aking guhit-palad. "
Natural Translation
I accept my fate.
Literal Translation
Accept I the my fate.
" Tanggap ko ang guhit-palad. "
Natural Translation
I accept my fate.
Literal Translation
Accept I the fate.
" Naniniwala ang matatanda na ang guhit-palad ng bawat tao ay nakasulat na bago pa siya isilang sa mundo. "
Natural Translation
The elders believe that each person's fate is already written even before he is born into the world.
Literal Translation
Believe the elders that the fate of every person is written already before yet he born in world.
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