EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have something knocked over, to cause to fall...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mag-pa-tum-BA/
FIL: Maging sanhi ng pagbagsak o pagkatumba ng isang bagay o tao.
EN: to have something knocked over, to cause to fall
This is what you do in a bowling alley. You `magpatumba` the pins. It can also be more sinister, like in action movies where the boss orders his goons to `magpatumba` an opponent. Or it could be your cat's favorite hobby with everything on your desk.
From `magpa-` (causative prefix) + `tumba` (to fall, to be knocked over).
ROOT MEANING: fallen; toppled over
Can refer to inanimate objects (like trees or bowling pins) or, in colloquial and sometimes sinister contexts, to people (to have someone defeated or even killed).
🇵🇭 Nag-arkila sila ng mga tao para magpatumba ng mga lumang puno.
🇺🇸 They hired people to have the old trees knocked over.
🇵🇭 Sa huling "frame", kailangan niyang magpatumba ng sampung "pins".
🇺🇸 In the last frame, he needs to knock over ten pins.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.