EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
clenched (fist); pursed (lips)...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/na-ka-I-kom/
FIL: Tumutukoy sa kalagayan ng pagiging mahigpit na nakasara o nakatikom, karaniwan para sa kamao o bibig.
EN: clenched (fist); pursed (lips)
How your fist looks when you're trying to control your anger at a slow-walking person in the mall. Or how your lips get when your tita asks, 'Kailan ka mag-aasawa?' for the fifth time. It's the physical manifestation of 'pigil na pigil.'
From `naka-` (stative prefix) + `ikom` (to close tightly).
Used specifically for body parts like hands (fist) or mouth (lips).
🇵🇭 Nakaikom ang kanyang kamao sa tindi ng galit.
🇺🇸 His fist was clenched in intense anger.
🇵🇭 Nanatiling nakaikom ang kanyang mga labi at hindi nagsalita.
🇺🇸 Her lips remained pursed and she did not speak.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.