EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to grope for, to feel for, to search by touch...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ka-PA-in/
FIL: Hanapin ang isang bagay sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng kamay o pandama, lalo na kung madilim o hindi ito makita.
EN: to grope for, to feel for, to search by touch
What you do when the lights go out during a typhoon and you're looking for your phone or the candle. It's also that awkward moment when you're trying to find the light switch in a stranger's bathroom. Basically, your hands become your eyes. 'Pakiramdaman' but for objects.
From kapa (to grope) + -in (verb suffix).
ROOT MEANING: to grope; to feel around for something
Often used in situations of darkness or when one's vision is obscured. It implies searching by touch.
🇵🇭 Sinubukan niyang kapain ang switch ng ilaw sa dilim.
🇺🇸 He tried to feel for the light switch in the dark.
🇵🇭 Kapain mo sa loob ng bag ko ang susi.
🇺🇸 Search by touch for the key inside my bag.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.