EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to have something knocked over, to cause to fall...
to be boastful, to brag...
to slow down, to reduce speed...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/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).
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🇵🇭 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.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.