EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
having rheum/sleep in one's eyes...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/mu-ta-IN/
FIL: Inilalarawan ang isang tao na mayroon pang muta sa mata.
EN: having rheum/sleep in one's eyes
The adjective form of 'muta'. If 'muta' is the 'what', 'mutain' is the 'who'. 'Huwag kang mag-selfie, mutain ka pa!' It's a state of being, specifically the 'I just woke up and haven't looked in a mirror' state.
From 'muta' + '-in'.
ROOT MEANING: rheum; sleep (in one's eyes)
While it can technically be a verb ('to get rheum on something'), it is overwhelmingly used as a descriptive adjective.
🇵🇭 Bakit mutain ka pa? Hindi ka pa ba naghihilamos?
🇺🇸 Why do you still have sleep in your eyes? Haven't you washed your face yet?
🇵🇭 Nagmamadaling pumasok sa klase ang mutain na estudyante.
🇺🇸 The student, still with sleep in his eyes, rushed to enter the class.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.