kon buot hunahunaon

Cebuano

Etymology

From kon (“if”) + buot (“will; desire; intention”) + hunahunaon (“to think about; to reflect upon”). Literally: "if one intends to think about it" or "should it be considered."

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: bu‧ot‧hu‧na‧hu‧na‧on
IPA^(key): /bu.ot hu.na.hu.na.on/

Phrase

kon buot hunahunaon (Badlit spelling ᜃᜓᜈ᜔ ᜊᜓᜂᜆ᜔ ᜑᜓᜈᜑᜓᜈᜂᜈ᜔)

All in all; when you think about it; upon further reflection; when all is said and done.
Used to introduce a realization that contradicts or deepens a surface-level observation.
Kon buot hunahunaon, wala man gyud siyay sala.
When you think about it, he didn't actually do anything wrong.

Synonyms

sa tinuod lang (to be honest; in reality)

Comparison with Tagalog

Tagalog kung tutuusin
Both phrases serve the exact same rhetorical function: they pause the conversation to weigh the "actual" logic against the "apparent" logic.
While the Tagalog term uses the root tuos (to compute/settle accounts), implying a mathematical or balanced reckoning, the Cebuano buot hunahunaon leans on the "will" (buot) to engage in deep reflection (hunahuna).