EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to bail out (water); to drain...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
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Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/lu-MI-mas/
FIL: Ang pag-alis o pag-ubos ng tubig mula sa isang sisidlan o lugar, karaniwang gamit ang tabo o timba.
EN: to bail out (water); to drain
The unofficial national sport during typhoon season. When your baha-proof house turns out to be not so baha-proof, you grab a 'tabo' and you 'lumimas' for your life. It's the frantic act of scooping water out of a boat, a flooded kitchen, or your hopelessly waterlogged heart. #hugot
Actor-focus verb, completed aspect (past tense).
🇵🇭 Lumimas kami ng tubig sa bangka buong magdamag.
🇺🇸 We bailed out water from the boat all night.
🇵🇭 Pagkatapos ng baha, lumimas sila ng putik sa loob ng bahay.
🇺🇸 After the flood, they scooped out mud from inside the house.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.