EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to carve...
to burn (someone/something); to scald...
to overwhelm; to corner someone...
Pang-uri
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/u-KI-tin/
FIL: Ang akto ng paglikha ng ukit sa isang bagay.
EN: to carve
This is the action. It's what the artist does to the wood, what the hopeless romantic does to the bamboo, and what your ex's name does to your memory. It's the process of making a permanent mark, whether on a physical object or in your feels.
From 'ukit' + '-in' (object-focus verbal suffix).
ROOT MEANING: carving
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🇵🇭 Nais niyang ukitin ang pangalan ng kanyang minamahal sa isang puno.
🇺🇸 He wants to carve the name of his beloved on a tree.
Pang-uri
Tumutukoy sa isang tao na walang anumang ugnayang pampamilya o relasyon sa dugo sa isa pang tao.