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Cebuano
Etymology
From adlaw + ka- -on, literally “turning into day, dawning”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaʔadˈlawon/
- Hyphenation: ka‧ad‧la‧won
Noun
kaadláwon (Badlit spelling ᜃᜀᜇ᜔ᜎᜏᜓᜈ᜔)
- (strictly) dawn
- Synonym: kabuntagon
- (common, by extension) the small hours; the very early morning, just after midnight, when most people are asleep
- ala-1 na siya sa kadlawon nauli ― he had gone home at 1 o'clock in the middle of the night
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