gapasin
gapasín with stress marks
to harvest [it]
From root: gapas
Conjugations
Past (Completed)
ginapas
gi-na-PAS
harvested
Present (Incomplete)
ginagapas
gi-na-ga-PAS
is being harvested
Future (Contemplated)
gagapasin
ga-ga-pa-SIN
will be harvested
Usage Note
Gapasin is the object-focus infinitive of gapas, used when the crop being harvested is the grammatical focus. It specifically refers to cutting grain stalks with a scythe or sickle and is rooted in traditional Philippine rice agriculture, rarely applied outside that context.
Examples
" Gapasin natin ang palay. "
Natural Translation
Let's harvest the rice.
Literal Translation
Harvest we the rice-grain.
" Handa na sila na gapasin ang mga palay. "
Natural Translation
They are ready now to harvest the rice crops.
Literal Translation
Ready now they to harvest the rice-grain.
" Kapag hinog na ang mga butil, gagapasin namin ang buong palayan bago dumating ang malalakas na ulan ng Agosto. "
Natural Translation
Once the grains are ripe, we will harvest the entire rice field before the heavy August rains arrive.
Literal Translation
When ripe already the grains, will-harvest we the whole rice-field before arrives the heavy rains of August.
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