EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to carve...
tea (gossip)...
That's the tea; That's the gossip....
Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.
/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
🇵🇭 Nais niyang ukitin ang pangalan ng kanyang minamahal sa isang puno.
🇺🇸 He wants to carve the name of his beloved on a tree.
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Pang-uri
Perpekto, tama, o walang anumang pagkakamali.