dumausdos
dumausdós with stress marks
to slide down
From root: dausdos
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
dumausdos
du-ma-us-DOS
slid
Present (Incomplete)
dumadausdos
du-ma-da-us-DOS
is sliding
Future (Contemplated)
dadausdos
da-da-us-DOS
will slide
Usage Note
Dumausdos is the actor-focus form of dausdos, formed with -um-, describing an intransitive sliding or slipping motion downward. It works both literally for children on playground slides and figuratively for economic or social decline.
Examples
" Dumausdos ang bata sa slide. "
Natural Translation
The child slid down the slide.
Literal Translation
Slid the child on slide.
" Mabilis dumausdos ang bato mula sa bundok. "
Natural Translation
The rock slid down quickly from the mountain.
Literal Translation
Fast to slide down the rock from at mountain.
" Mabilis na dumausdos ang halaga ng piso laban sa dolyar nang lumabas ang masamang balita tungkol sa ekonomiya. "
Natural Translation
The value of the peso quickly slid against the dollar when the bad news about the economy came out.
Literal Translation
Fast slid the value of peso against to dollar when came-out the bad news about the economy.
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