#FilipinoLanguageMonth
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Found this on one of my increasingly-rare forays into Facebook. TIL about "Hampastikin". #BuwanNgWika #FilipinoLanguageMonth

1. Midnight
2. Early morning (liwayway=dawn)
3. Dawn, or crack of dawn
4. Morning
5. Midmorning
6. Noon
7. High noon
8. Afternoon
9. Late afternoon
10. Dusk
11. Evening/night
From a Facebook post by Trist'n Buenaflor (link below), describing the Filipino terms for different times of the day: 1. Hatinggabi (12 am-1 am) = Midnight 2. Madaling araw (1 am-dawn) = Early morning 3. Bukangliwayway (liwayway) = Dawn, or crack of dawn 4. Umaga (6 am-9 am) = Morning 5. Hampastikin (9 am-10 am) = Midmorning 6. Tanghali (10 am-12 noon) = Noon 7. Tanghaling tapat (12 noon) = High noon 8. Hapon (1 pm-5 pm) = Afternoon 9. Dapit hapon (5 pm-6 pm) = Late afternoon 10. Takipsilim (6 pm) = Dusk 11. Gabi (6 pm-111 pm) = Evening/night https://www.facebook.com/share/p/16oTHWDur2/
August 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM