From root: lipon
Usage Note
Kalipunan refers to a formal compilation or set of items, such as a collection of poems or a code of laws. It implies that the items belong together as a whole.
Examples
" May kalipunan ako ng mga kuwento. "
Natural Translation
I have a collection of stories.
Literal Translation
Have collection I of plural story.
" Ito ay isang kalipunan ng mga tula. "
Natural Translation
This is a collection of poems.
Literal Translation
This is a collection of plural poems.
" Inilathala ng pamantasan ang isang kalipunan ng mga sinaunang awiting bayan na halos malimutan na. "
Natural Translation
The university published a collection of ancient folk songs that had nearly been forgotten.
Literal Translation
Published by-the university the a collection of plural ancient folk-song that almost forgotten already.
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