EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
EXPLORE FILIPINO WORDS IN DEPTH
to fit; to be appropriate; to feign an action...
a sliding or slipping motion...
slide (playground equipment)...
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/u-mak-MA/
FIL: Ang pagiging angkop o tama para sa isang sitwasyon; o ang pag-amba o paggawa ng kilos na tila may gagawin ngunit hindi itinutuloy.
EN: to fit; to be appropriate; to feign an action
This has two cool meanings. 1) When your OOTD perfectly matches the event. Your outfit 'umakma'! 2) The more common use: when you pretend to do something. Like when your mom 'umakma' na papaluin ka ng tsinelas (gestured like she was going to hit you with a slipper), but she was just scaring you. It's the 'fake out' move.
Mula sa salitang-ugat na 'akma' (fit/appropriate) at unlaping '-um-'.
ROOT MEANING: appropriate; suitable; fitting
The meaning 'to feign or gesture' is very common in colloquial speech and is distinct from its primary meaning of 'to fit'.
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🇵🇭 Umakma ang kanyang suot sa tema ng kasal.
🇺🇸 Her dress fit the theme of the wedding.
🇵🇭 Umakma siyang susuntukin ako pero nagbibiro lang pala.
🇺🇸 He feigned like he was going to punch me but he was just kidding.
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