From root: damo
Usage Note
Magdadamo is the mag- agentive form of damo with reduplication, denoting a person whose livelihood involves cutting or selling grass, typically as fodder for working animals such as carabaos or horses. The role is a traditional occupational noun reflecting agrarian Filipino life and persists primarily in rural provinces.
Examples
" Pumunta ang magdadamo sa bukid. "
Natural Translation
The grass cutter went to the field.
Literal Translation
Went the grass-cutter to field.
" Tinawag namin ang magdadamo para linisin ang bakuran. "
Natural Translation
We called the grass cutter to clean the yard.
Literal Translation
Called we the grass-cutter to clean the yard.
" Bago pa magbukang-liwayway, lumalabas na ang magdadamo upang mamitas ng sariwang damo para sa mga kalabaw ng hacienda. "
Natural Translation
Even before dawn breaks, the grass cutter goes out to gather fresh grass for the hacienda's carabaos.
Literal Translation
Before even break-of-dawn, going-out already the grass-cutter to gather of fresh grass for the carabaos of hacienda.
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