EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to split something open, to cleave...
sis; girl...
sis; girl (emphatic)...
Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.
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FIL: Ang paggawa ng kilos na hatiin o paghiwalayin ang isang buong bagay sa dalawang bahagi.
EN: to split something open, to cleave
This is the action word. It's what you *do* to the coconut. "Biakin mo na 'yang puso ko, sige!" is peak Filipino drama. It's the command form: "Go on, split it!"
ROOT MEANING: a crack, a split, a fissure
This is an object-focused verb. The action is being done *to* something.
🇵🇭 Mahirap biakin ang isang buko kung mapurol ang iyong kutsilyo.
🇺🇸 It's hard to split open a coconut if your knife is dull.
🇵🇭 Biakin mo ang tinapay para sa ating dalawa.
🇺🇸 Split the bread for the two of us.
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Pang-uri
Hindi nagbabago, hindi kumukupas, o hindi natatapos; walang hanggan.