Mahinungdanon

importantadjective

Alternative meanings

importantnsignificantnrelevantnvaluable or weighty in a situation

Pronunciation

mah-hee-noong-DAH-non

Root and affixes

Related to hinungdan, which can express cause, reason, or importance depending on context.

Variants or conjugations

Importante = borrowed form used in conversationnmahinungdanong = form before a nounndili mahinungdanon = not important

Related words and expressions

hinungdan = reason / causenbili = valuengikinahanglan = necessarynseryoso = seriousnimportante = important, borrowed form

Meaning and usage notes

A natural Cebuano way to say that something is important, significant, or carries weight. In everyday speech, “importante” may also be heard as a borrowed form, but “mahinungdanon” sounds more distinctly Cebuano.