From root: sibuyas
Usage Note
Sibuyasan is used to identify a location such as a farm or a specific garden patch where onions are planted. It can also refer to a container where onions are kept.
Examples
" May trabaho sila sa sibuyasan. "
Natural Translation
They have work in the onion field.
Literal Translation
Has work they in onion-field.
" Pumunta kami sa malawak na sibuyasan. "
Natural Translation
We went to the vast onion field.
Literal Translation
Went we to wide onion-field.
" Buong araw na nagtrabaho ang mga magsasaka sa sibuyasan bago dumating ang panahon ng anihan. "
Natural Translation
The farmers worked the whole day in the onion field before the harvest season arrived.
Literal Translation
Whole day-link worked the farmers in onion-field before arrived the season of harvest.
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