katuturan
katuturán with stress marks
value; worth
Also means
Katuturan can also mean 'significance' or 'meaning' in a philosophical sense — the import or point of something.
Usage Note
Katuturan expresses the intrinsic value or significance of something. It is used in both practical and philosophical contexts to question or assert whether something is meaningful or worthwhile. Common in formal and written Tagalog.
Examples
" Ano ang katuturan nito? "
Natural Translation
What is the point of this?
Literal Translation
What the value of-this?
" Ano ang katuturan ng buhay kung walang pagmamahal? "
Natural Translation
What is the meaning of life without love?
Literal Translation
What the meaning of-the life if none love?
" Naisip niyang walang katuturan ang kanyang pagsisikap kung walang sinumang papahalaga sa kanyang mga ginawa. "
Natural Translation
She felt that her efforts had no worth if no one would value what she had done.
Literal Translation
Thought she-that none value the her effort if none anyone will-value to-the her things-done.
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