EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be made to sneeze...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/ma-pa-ba-HIN/
FIL: Ang hindi sinasadyang pagbahin dahil sa isang panlabas na salik, tulad ng alikabok o matapang na amoy.
EN: to be made to sneeze
That moment when you're cleaning your room after a year and the alikabok (dust) attacks. Bigla ka na lang 'Hatchoo!' You've been mapabahin-ed. It's an involuntary action, a surprise party in your nose that you didn't ask for.
From 'ma-' + 'pa-' + 'bahin'.
ROOT MEANING: to sneeze
The 'mapa-' prefix indicates an involuntary or triggered action. One doesn't choose to sneeze; something makes them sneeze.
🇵🇭 Napabahin ako dahil sa pulbos na kumalat sa hangin.
🇺🇸 I was made to sneeze by the powder that spread in the air.
🇵🇭 Kapag nakakaamoy ako ng paminta, palagi akong napapabahin.
🇺🇸 When I smell pepper, I am always made to sneeze.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.