EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to find something too small; to be looked down upo...
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Pang-uri
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/ma-li-i-TAN/
FIL: Bilang pandiwa, ito ay ang maranasan na masyadong maliit ang isang bagay para sa iyo. Bilang pang-uri, ito ay pakiramdam na minamaliit o mababa ang tingin sa iyo.
EN: to find something too small; to be looked down upon
Two meanings! 1. That sad moment when you try on a shirt from 5 years ago and you're "namaliitan" na. The shirt didn't shrink, you just... expanded. 2. Figuratively, it's that awful feeling of being looked down on, or when your achievements are dismissed. "Huwag kang papayag na maliitan ka ng iba."
From ma- + liit + -an. The -an suffix gives it a locative or referential sense.
The context determines whether it's literal (about size) or figurative (about social perception). The verb form is more common for the literal meaning.
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🇵🇭 Namaliitan ako sa sapatos na ipinahiram niya.
🇺🇸 I found the shoes he lent me too small.
🇵🇭 Ayaw niyang maliitan ng kanyang mga katrabaho kaya nagsisikap siya.
🇺🇸 She doesn't want to be looked down upon by her coworkers, so she works hard.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.