idawit
idawít with stress marks
to implicate [someone]
From root: dawit
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
idinawit
i-di-na-WIT
implicated
Present (Incomplete)
idinadawit
i-di-na-da-WIT
is being implicated
Future (Contemplated)
idadawit
i-da-da-WIT
will be implicated
Usage Note
Idawit is the object-focus form of dawit using the i- prefix, used when the person being implicated is the grammatical focus. It is a common verb in disputes and accusations, often heard as a protest when someone is being unfairly dragged into another's problem.
Examples
" Huwag mong idawit ang kaibigan ko. "
Natural Translation
Don't implicate my friend.
Literal Translation
Don't you implicate the friend my.
" Huwag mo na idawit ang kapatid mo rito. "
Natural Translation
Do not implicate your sibling in this.
Literal Translation
Do not you to implicate the sibling your here.
" Sinubukan ng akusado na idawit ang inosenteng kapitbahay para mailihis ang pansin ng mga imbestigador mula sa kaniya. "
Natural Translation
The accused tried to implicate the innocent neighbor in order to divert the investigators' attention away from himself.
Literal Translation
Tried by-the accused to implicate the innocent neighbor so-that be-diverted the attention of the plural investigator from him.
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