EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to scratch...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ka-MU-tin/
FIL: Kaskasin o kudkurin ang balat gamit ang mga kuko, karaniwan upang maibsan ang kati.
EN: to scratch
The verb you do when a mosquito bites you and you can't take the itchiness anymore. Or what your cat does to the sofa when you're not looking. 'Huwag mong kamutin 'yan, magsusugat!' (Don't scratch that, it will become a wound!)
From 'kamot' (scratch) + '-in' suffix (object-focus verb).
ROOT MEANING: scratch (from an itch)
This is the object-focus form. The actor-focus form is 'kumamot'.
🇵🇭 Gusto kong kamutin ang likod ko dahil sa kati.
🇺🇸 I want to scratch my back because it's itchy.
🇵🇭 Huwag mong kamutin 'yang kagat ng lamok.
🇺🇸 Don't scratch that mosquito bite.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.