From root: kalabasa
Usage Note
Kalabasahan applies the -an locative suffix to kalabasa to name a garden plot or farm section dedicated to growing squash or pumpkin. It is used in agricultural and rural contexts and reflects the common practice of dedicating a named portion of land to a single crop.
Examples
" Malawak ang kanilang kalabasahan. "
Natural Translation
Their squash field is wide.
Literal Translation
Wide the their squash-field.
" Ang kalabasahan ay puno ng mga kalabasa. "
Natural Translation
The squash field is full of squashes.
Literal Translation
The squash field is full of squashes.
" Hinati ng magsasaka ang kaniyang lupa upang ang kalahati ay maging kalabasahan at ang natitira ay palayan. "
Natural Translation
The farmer divided his land so that half would become a squash field and the rest a rice paddy.
Literal Translation
Divided by the farmer the his land so-that the half become squash-field and the remainder rice-paddy.
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