EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to scrape; to excavate; to dig out...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/KAB-kab/
FIL: Ang kilos ng pagkayod, paghuhukay, o pag-aalis ng lupa o anumang materyal gamit ang mga kamay o isang kasangkapan. Ito ay isang salitang-ugat.
EN: to scrape; to excavate; to dig out
What a dog does when it's trying to bury a bone or find a cool spot in the dirt. Also, what you do to the last bits of ice cream stuck to the sides of the container. It's a very primal, almost desperate, digging motion.
Likely onomatopoeic or descriptive of the scraping motion.
This is a root word. Common forms are "kabkabin" (to dig something out) and "magkabkab" (to dig).
🇵🇭 Huwag mong kabkabin ang sugat at baka maimpeksyon.
🇺🇸 Don't scrape at the wound or it might get infected.
🇵🇭 Nag-kabkab ng butas ang aso sa ilalim ng bakod.
🇺🇸 The dog dug a hole under the fence.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.