kublihan
kublihán with stress marks
hideout
From root: kubli
Usage Note
Kublihan is a place where someone hides, derived from kubli with the locative suffix -han. It appears in both everyday contexts like children's hide-and-seek games and serious ones like news reports about a fugitive's refuge or a criminal hideout.
Examples
" Maganda ang kublihan natin. "
Natural Translation
Our hideout is good.
Literal Translation
Good the hideout our.
" Natuklasan ng pulis ang kublihan ng grupo. "
Natural Translation
The police discovered the group's hideout.
Literal Translation
Discovered by-the police the hideout of-the group.
" Ilang araw na hinanap ng mga awtoridad ang kublihan ng mga magnanakaw bago nila ito natunton sa isang lumang bahay-bukid. "
Natural Translation
The authorities searched for the thieves' hideout for several days before they tracked it down in an old farmhouse.
Literal Translation
Several days already searched by-the authorities the hideout of-the thieves before they it tracked in one old farmhouse.
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