Also means
Kasama can also mean companion or fellow when the stress shifts, referring generally to someone who is with you or part of your group.
Usage Note
Kasamá in its primary stressed form specifically refers to a farm tenant or sharecropper in the traditional Filipino agricultural system, where tenants farmed land owned by a landlord in exchange for a share of the harvest. This system was central to Philippine agrarian history and political struggles, and the word still carries that weight in historical and rural contexts.
Examples
" May kasama sa aming bukid. "
Natural Translation
There is a tenant on our farm.
Literal Translation
Have tenant on our farm.
" Ang kasamá nila ay nagtatrabaho sa bukid mula nang maaga. "
Natural Translation
Their farm tenant has been working in the field since early morning.
Literal Translation
The farm-tenant their is working in-the field since early.
" Bilang kasama sa lupain ng mayamang panginoong-maylupa, kalahati lamang ng ani ang napupunta sa pamilya namin tuwing anihan. "
Natural Translation
As a tenant on the wealthy landlord's estate, only half of the harvest goes to our family each harvest season.
Literal Translation
As tenant on land of rich landlord, half only of-the harvest goes to family our every harvest-time.
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