EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to implicate; to involve...
arrived, came...
to cheat...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/i-DA-wit/
FIL: Isangkot o isama ang pangalan ng isang tao sa isang usapin, karaniwan ay sa isang kontrobersiya, krimen, o masamang gawain.
EN: to implicate; to involve
The ultimate "Huy, 'wag mo 'kong isama diyan" word. When your friend gets caught cheating on a test and tells the teacher you were their accomplice, you've just been `idinawit`. It's getting dragged into drama you (maybe) didn't start. Classic chismis-level stuff.
i- (causative prefix) + dawit (involvement, connection)
ROOT MEANING: implication
Carries a negative connotation, implying being unwillingly or unjustly involved in something problematic.
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🇵🇭 Pilit siyang idinadawit sa kaso ng pagnanakaw kahit wala siyang kinalaman.
🇺🇸 They are trying to implicate him in the theft case even though he has no involvement.
🇵🇭 Ayokong madawit sa gulo ng mag-asawa.
🇺🇸 I don't want to get involved in the couple's conflict.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.