nakikipagbulungan sa bulati (nakíkipagbulungan sa bulati) Filipino/Tagalog term

nakíkipagbulungan sa bulati  
Syllables:  na·kí·ki·pag·bu·lu·ngan sa bu·la·ti
[na-kí-ki-pag-bu-lu-ngan sa bu-la-ti]  ?
adjective
Literal meaning: whispering with the earthworms
Filipino meaning:
  1. patay at nakalibing na
English meaning:
  1. dead and buried already
Example:
  1. Hindi agad naka-uwi si Juan mula sa ibang bansa nang mamatay ang kanyang asawa. Kaya nang maka-uwi siya ay nakíkipagbulungan sa bulati ang kanyang asawa.
English translation:
  1. Juan can't immediately go home from abroad when his wife died. Hence when he got home his wife is already buried.
Synonym(s):
English translation:
  1. inter
Related word(s):
English translation:
  1. ascended to heaven
  2. death
  3. died
  4. pass away
  5. succumbed
  6. deceased
  7. passed away
  8. departed
  9. lifeless
  10. ascended to heaven
  11. departed father
  12. departed mother
  13. departed child
  14. departed sibling