lubong tapos
Cebuano
Etymology
lubong + tapos
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: lu‧bong‧ta‧pos
Adjective
lubong tapos
- having the day of funeral and last day of the novena fall on the same day
Noun
lubong tapos
- an instance where the funeral and last day of the novena fall on the same day
Usage notes
Scheduling delays cause the two events to not coincide, e.g., availabilty of a burial spot in old cemeteries, of a priest and a delayed start of novena due to personal preference of the bereaved or on the first day of the month. Superstition holds novenas for the dead should not run between two months to avoid successive deaths within the family.