kwarenta diyas

== Cebuano == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: kwa‧ren‧ta‧di‧yas === Noun === kwarenta diyas the fortieth day after a person's death, preceded by nine novena days, where a requiem mass is celebrated and a party is held for the deceased ==== Usage notes ==== Paralleling, and as remembrance of, Christ's ascension, it is supposedly the day the deceased person's soul ascends to heaven.