kabyawan
kabyáwan with stress marks
sugar mill; harvest season
Usage Note
Kabyawan refers to a sugar mill or the period of the sugarcane harvest, particularly in the Visayas and other sugarcane-producing regions of the Philippines. It evokes the seasonal rhythm of agricultural life and is most commonly used in regional contexts tied to the sugar industry.
Examples
" Abala ang kabyawan tuwing anihan. "
Natural Translation
The sugar mill is busy every harvest season.
Literal Translation
Busy the sugar-mill every harvest.
" Maraming manggagawa ang pumunta sa kabyawan tuwing anihan. "
Natural Translation
Many workers went to the sugar mill every harvest season.
Literal Translation
Many workers went to-the sugar-mill every harvest.
" Tuwing dumarating ang panahon ng kabyawan, lumilipat ang mga magsasaka sa hacienda upang maghanap ng trabaho sa pag-aani ng tubo. "
Natural Translation
Whenever the sugar harvest season arrives, the farmers move to the hacienda to look for work harvesting sugarcane.
Literal Translation
Every-time arrives the season of sugar-harvest, move the farmers to-the hacienda in-order to-look for work in-the harvesting of sugarcane.
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