kung sana

• cun sana — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
• kun sana — obsolete

Literally, “if it hopefully were; if ever it were”.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kuŋ ˈsana/ [kʊn̪ ˈsaː.n̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: kung sa‧na

kung sana (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜓᜅ᜔ ᜐᜈ)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see kung,‎ sana.
2. (obsolete) as though; as if

   Matigas sa bato, kung sana sa bato.

   Harder than stone, as if it were stone.

   Sungmisilang ang araw, at lungmalakad, kung sanang sa lungmalakad, sa kalunuran.

   The sun is rises and walks, as though walking, to the west.