From sa kabilang buhay + -um-, literally “to move to the next life”. The root can also be analyzed as sa- + kabilang buhay.
sumakabiláng-buhay (complete sumakabilang-buhay, progressive sumasakabilang-buhay, contemplative sasakabilang-buhay, Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)
| Affix | Root word | Trigger | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -um- ᜓᜋ᜔ |
sakabilang-buhay ᜐᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ |
actor | ||||
| Aspect | Imperative | |||||
| Infinitive | Complete | Progressive | Contemplative | Recently Complete | ||
| sumakabilang-buhay ᜐᜓᜋᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ |
sumakabilang-buhay ᜐᜓᜋᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ sungmakabilang-buhay1 ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ |
sumasakabilang-buhay ᜐᜓᜋᜐᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ sungmasakabilang-buhay1 ᜐᜓᜅ᜔ᜋᜐᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ nasakabilang-buhay2 ᜈ ᜐᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ |
sasakabilang-buhay ᜐᜐᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ masakabilang-buhay2 ᜋ ᜐᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ |
formal | kasasakabilang-buhay ᜃᜐᜐᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ |
sumakabilang-buhay ᜐᜓᜋᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ sakabilang-buhay2 ᜐᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ |
| informal | kakasakabilang-buhay ᜃᜃᜐᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔ | |||||
| 1Now archaic in Modern Tagalog. 2Dialectal use only. | ||||||
sumakabiláng-buhay (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜋᜃᜊᜒᜎᜅ᜔ᜊᜓᜑᜌ᜔)