EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to be coiled around; to be entangled by...
dependent, freeloader...
decoration, ornament, garnish...
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.
/ma-pu-lu-PU-tan/
FIL: Mapalibutan o makabitan ng isang bagay na pumupulupot, tulad ng baging o ahas.
EN: to be coiled around; to be entangled by
Like when your earphones get impossibly tangled in your bag, or when you get stuck in a web of lies ('sana all may web'), or literally when a snake decides you'd make a great tree. It's being wrapped up, usually against your will.
ROOT MEANING: coil; twist; act of coiling
The '-an' suffix indicates that the subject is the one being wrapped around.
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🇵🇭 Nag-ingat ang lalaki na baka siya ay mapuluputan ng sawa sa gubat.
🇺🇸 The man was careful not to be coiled around by a python in the forest.
🇵🇭 Ang poste ay halos mapuluputan na ng mga baging.
🇺🇸 The post was almost completely entangled by vines.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.